1. Axcil Ramar Jefferies was born on 14 April 1994 and is a Zimbabwean professional racing driver and senior race instructor at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
30 Facts About Axcil Jefferies
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Axcil Jefferies currently holds the Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record in the GT3-class with a time of 7:50.370 which he set in a Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
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Axcil Jefferies contested the Formula BMW Pacific series in 2009 and 2010.
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Axcil Jefferies 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.
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Axcil Jefferies completed a limited schedule in 2010, with two wins and four podiums.
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In 2012, after not racing for two years, Axcil 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.
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In 2013 Axcil 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.
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Axcil Jefferies competed again two months later at the Houston race and finished fifth.
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In 2014 Axcil Jefferies competed in the Indy Lights Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio finishing sixth in the first race and fourth in the second race.
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In 2014 Axcil Jefferies made his GP2 debut at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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In 2017 Axcil Jefferies competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East.
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Axcil Jefferies dominated the first round at the Yas Marina Circuit by being fastest in all practice sessions, taking pole position and winning the race.
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Round 2 was held at Dubai Autodrome, where again Axcil Jefferies was on pole in the Pro Class and won both races.
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Axcil 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.
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Axcil 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 Nurburgring.
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In 2018 Axcil Jefferies defended his Middle East Championship, this time running with Konrad Motorsport.
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Axcil 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.
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In November 2019 Axcil Jefferies competed in the 24-hour race in at Circuit of the Americas with Toksport WRT in the Mercedes AMG GT3.
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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.
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In January 2021 Axcil Jefferies won the Dubai 24 Hour with GPX Racing.
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In January 2022 Axcil Jefferies repeated his 2021 win by again winning in the Dubai 24 Hour.
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Axcil Jefferies became only the sixth driver to win the race consecutively.
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Axcil Jefferies took several podiums and top 10 qualifying positions in his first season in the series based at the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
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Axcil Jefferies achieved several front row starts in the NLS and finished the season with two podiums.
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In 2020 Axcil Jefferies made his debut in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup in the Silver category with Ezequiel Perez Companc's Madpanda Motorsport.
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In 2023, Axcil Jefferies landed a seat with Northwest AMR's GTE Am class entry alongside Paul Dalla Lana and Nicki Thiim.
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Axcil Jefferies essentially won the seat at the WEC Prologue, where he and Thomas Merrill competed for the final seat in the entry.
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In 2021 Axcil Jefferies debuted in an LMP3-class Ligier JS P320 with Frikadelli Racing.
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In 2014 Axcil Jefferies was appointed as a UN AIDS Ambassador for the United Nations Aids Campaign.
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In 2017 Axcil Jefferies was drafted into the Lamborghini Young Driver Program.