Zimbabwean racing driver Axcil Jefferies has joined Madpanda Motorsport to partner team principal Ezequiel Companc in the Sprint Cup.
Jefferies and Companc will share the No. 90 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo at every GT World Challenge Europe Sprint weekend between August and October this year, racing at Misano, Magny-Cours, Zandvoort and the team’s home track of Barcelona.
Madpanda Motorsport is entered in the Silver Cup in both the Sprint and Endurance championships.
Jefferies and Companc’s first Sprint race is a triple-header at Misano, Italy, on August 8-9. Prior to that, Companc, Assenheimer and Cabezas Catalan will race this weekend (Sunday, July 26) in the three-hour Endurance Cup opener at Imola, Italy.
Axcil Jefferies (26, from Zimbabwe/UK) has proven his skills in a number of GT championships, driving and winning for different manufacturers.
Jefferies was born in the UK, but races under a Zimbabwean license and now lives in the UAE.
He is three-time Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East champion and previously raced in Formula 2 and Indy Lights.