Axcil Jefferies

Axcil Ramar Jefferies (born 14 April 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional racing driver and senior race instructor at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He currently holds the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record in the GT3-class with a time of 7:50.370 which he set in a Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3.

Axcil Jefferies
Born	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 Slough, England, United Kingdom
Lamborghini Super Trofeo career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Konrad Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2014 2013–14 2012 2009–2010	GP2 Series Indy Lights FIA Formula Two Championship Formula BMW Pacific
Championship titles
2024 2017-2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East

Career

Karting

Jefferies started his motorsport career aged six in Zimbabwe and went on to win several national championships in Zimbabwe and South Africa before moving to Europe. In 2007 and 2008 he won races in the European Karting Championship.

Formula BMW

Jefferies contested the Formula BMW Pacific series in 2009 and 2010. He finished third overall in the 2009 season, taking pole position at Sepang and Okayama, and winning two races at Sepang and a total of twelve podiums. He completed a limited schedule in 2010, with two wins and four podiums.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2012, after not racing for two years, Jefferies returned to action in FIA Formula Two halfway through the season with a best of fifth in wet conditions at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. He finished twelfth in the championship standings.

Indy Lights and GP2

In 2013 Jefferies made his debut in the American Firestone Indy Lights series with Bryan Herta Autosport at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished seventh. He competed again two months later at the Houston race and finished fifth. In 2014 Jefferies competed in the Indy Lights Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio finishing sixth in the first race and fourth in the second race.

In 2014 Jefferies made his GP2 debut at the Bahrain International Circuit. In race one he was hit by Kimiya Sato and forced to retire. In the second race he made up several positions after starting from the back.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

In 2017 Jefferies competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East. Jefferies dominated the first round at the Yas Marina Circuit by being fastest in all practice sessions, taking pole position and winning the race. Round 2 was held at Dubai Autodrome, where again Jefferies was on pole in the Pro Class and won both races. Round 5 and 6 saw Jefferies on pole again in dominant fashion and winning both races to clinch the overall championship.

Jefferies continued his top form in his debut in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe by setting the fastest time in official practice for the first round at Monza Circuit. He then qualified third overall on Saturday and won the first race and finishedsecond in the second race. He left Monza leading the championship. Jefferies continued his good form with two third place finishes at Circuit Paul Ricard, a third place at the Silverstone Circuit, another win and a third place at Spa Francorchamps and a third place at the Nürburgring. Another two podiums in Imola saw Jefferies finish as runner-up in the championship. He then finished second in the World Finals.

In 2018 Jefferies defended his Middle East Championship, this time running with Konrad Motorsport. He scored with five podiums, including three wins.

GT racing

24H Series

Jefferies competed in his first 24-hour long race at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France during the weekend of 6 and 7 May 2017 with the GP Extreme team as part of the 24H Series. He qualified the Renault R.S. 01 GT3 in fourth place overall. After a hard-fought battle Jefferies and his team finished fourth overall. In August 2017 Jefferies completed his second 24-hour long race at the Algarve International Circuit, again with GP Extreme in the Renault R.S. 01. The team qualified second and were sitting in the top 3 for the first twelve hours before a mechanical fault dropped them to an eventual eighth place finish overall.

Axcil Jefferies competed in the 2019 Dubai 24 Hour. He raced for GPX Racing in the Renault R.S. 01 in the Pro-Am category, qualifying 6th overall and taking the start for the team. The transmission failed on lap 8 and unfortunately no replacement gearbox was available for the team so the car was retired. In November 2019 Axcil competed in the 24-hour race in at Circuit of the Americas with Toksport WRT in the Mercedes AMG GT3. The team qualified in second position and battled for the lead for 22 hours with the Black Falcon Mercedes AMG GT3 until a mechanical fault caused the team to lose five laps and finish fifth overall.

January 2020 kicked off on a high with Axcil Jefferies taking the wheel of the Toksport WRT Mercedes AMG GT3 for the Dubai 24 hour race. He qualified in eighth position. Taking the start of the race, Axcil made up five positions on track before handing the car over to Martin Konrad in P3. The car finished the race as second in the Pro-Am class.

In January 2021 Axcil Jefferies won the Dubai 24 Hour with GPX Racing. Axcil shared the #36 Porsche 911 GT3-R with Mathieu Jaminet, Julien Andlauer, Frédéric Fatien and Alain Ferté.

In January 2022 Axcil Jefferies repeated his 2021 win by again winning in the Dubai 24 Hour. This time he competed with MS7 by WRT in an Audi R8 LMS alongside Dries Vanthoor, Christopher Mies, Thomas Neubauer and Mohammed Saud Fahad Al Saud. The team completed a total of 596 laps beating the sister car to second place by a single lap. It was a dominant performance by team WRT after winning Pole Position and leading for more than 500 laps. Axcil Jefferies became only the sixth driver to win the race consecutively.

Nürburgring Endurance Series

Axcil Jefferies competed in the 2019 VLN Series. He took several podiums and top 10 qualifying positions in his first season in the series based at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Konrad Motorsport also fielded Axcil in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race alongside Marco Mapelli, Michele Di Martino and Michael Lyons.

In 2020 he completed his second full season in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with Konrad Motorsport. The team finished the season with three podiums. Jefferies also qualified the car in sixth overall at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring

In 2021 he competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for a third year. He achieved several front row starts in the NLS and finished the season with two podiums.

In the first round of the 2022 Nürburgring Endurance Series Jefferies took the Nürburgring Endurance Series lap record in the GT3-class, driving in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of Konrad Motorsport.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint

In 2020 Axcil made his debut in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup in the Silver category with Ezequiel Pérez Companc's Madpanda Motorsport. He finished second in the Silver Cup.

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2023, Jefferies landed a seat with Northwest AMR's GTE Am class entry alongside Paul Dalla Lana and Nicki Thiim. Jefferies essentially won the seat at the WEC Prologue, where he and Thomas Merrill competed for the final seat in the entry.

Prototypes

In 2021 Axcil debuted in an LMP3-class Ligier JS P320 with Frikadelli Racing.

Personal life

In 2014 Jefferies was appointed as a UN AIDS Ambassador for the United Nations Aids Campaign. In 2017 Axcil was drafted into the Lamborghini Young Driver Program.

Racing record

Career Summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula BMW Pacific	Eurasia Motorsport	15	2	2	1	6	163	3rd
2010	Formula BMW Pacific	Motaworld Racing	2	0	0	0	0	18	15th
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	12	0	0	0	0	17	12th
2013	Indy Lights	Bryan Herta AutosportJeffery Mark Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	56	11th
2014	Indy Lights	Belardi Auto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	60	14th
	GP2 Series	Trident	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro	GDL Racing	6	5	3	0	5	81	1st
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro		12	2	0	0	9	127	2nd
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro		2	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	24H Series - A6	GP Extreme	2	0	0	0	0	27	29th
2018	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro	Konrad Motorsport	6	3	3	3	5	79	1st
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro		12	0	1	0	2	56	6th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro		2	0	0	0	0	3	12th
	24H GT Series - A6	GP Extreme	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F	GPX Historic with Token Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2019	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro		6	6	1	4	6	0	NC
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Konrad Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	20	10th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro		2	0	0	0	0	3	11th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	VLN Series - SP9 Pro		2	0	0	0	0	3.89	86th
	VLN Series - SP9 Pro-Am		3	1	0	0	3	20.75	8th
	VLN Series - Cup 3	Overdrive Racing	2	0	0	0	0	10.42	27th
	24H GT Series - A6	Toksport WRT	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Madpanda Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	5.5	20th
	NLS Series - SP9 Pro	Konrad Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	3.54	80th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H GT Series - GT3 Am	Toksport WRT	1	0	0	0	1	26	5th
2021	24H GT Series - GT3	GPX Racing	1	1	0	0	1	29	NC
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		4	2	0	0	2	62.5	2nd
	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F	GPX Historic with Token Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Frikadelli Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	1.5	35th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Toksport WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	2	20th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am	Kessel Racing	2	0	0	0	0	5	15th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Kessel Racing	4	0	0	0	0	2	15th
	International GT Open		10	0	0	3	1	27	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Al Manar Racing by HRT	5	0	0	0	0	6	31st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3	MS7 by WRT
	Prototype Cup Germany	Konrad Motorsport	4	0	1	0	3	82	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	6 Hours of Abu Dhabi	Baron Motorsport	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Al Manar Racing by HRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Herberth Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	14	10th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Northwest AMR	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	SunEnergy1	1	0	1	0	0	125	68th
	International GT Open	racing one	5	0	0	0	0	3	35th
		Team Baron Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0
	International GT Open - Pro-Am	racing one	5	0	0	0	0	0	17th
	Prototype Cup Germany	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	3	28th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023-24	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Baron Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	36	5th
		7TSIX	1	0	0	0	0
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Iron Lynx	6	1	1	0	4	76	1st

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2014	Trident	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 21	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	34th	0

Complete Indy Lights results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2013	Bryan Herta Autosport	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY	MIL	IOW	POC	TOR	MDO 7	BAL	HOU 5	FON			11th	156
2014	Belardi Auto Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	ALA	IND	IND	INDY	POC	TOR	MDO 6	MDO 4	MIL	SNM	SNM	14th	60

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2020	Madpanda Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	MIS 1 16	MIS 2 12	MIS 3 9	MAG 1 17	MAG 2 11	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 15	CAT 1 18	CAT 2 11	CAT 3 13	2nd	72.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2021	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA WD	ALG	MNZ	LMS	BHR			NC	0
	Dempsey-Proton Racing									BHR Ret
2023	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB 11	ALG 13	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR	29th	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2023	SunEnergy1	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 22	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	68th	125

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2024	Iron Lynx	LMGT3	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	CAT 3	LEC 2	IMO 3	SPA Ret	MUG 9	ALG 1	1st	76

External links

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