Harare — AXCIL Jefferies, with two victories in this year's Formula BMW Pacific Series under his belt, is now poised to go on a winning spree in his quest to clinch the overall championship.

The 15-year-old Zimbabwean motor racing driver tasted victory for the first time in his debut appearance in the series when he won two of his races during the Asian Festival of Speed in Sepang, Malaysia, on May 30-31.

Competing for Team Eurasia Motorsport, Jefferies swept to victory in Round 3 and 5 as he moved into second place in the series' Drivers Classification with 72 points.

And with 10 more rounds to go before the curtain comes down on this year's Formula BMW Pacific Series, the Jefferies camp yesterday said that the best was yet to come from the promising young driver in the competition.

His manager Suhail, who is Axcil's father, yesterday said that his son's recent two victories in Sepang have left him in a confident frame of mind ahead of his next major races at Sentul in Indonesia on July 17-19.

Indonesia's Sentul International Circuit will stage Round 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the 2009 Formula BMW Pacific Series before the drivers move on to Marina Bay in Singapore for Round 11 and 12.

Round 13 and 14 of the series will be staged in Okayama, Japan, on from October 30 to November 1 and the last round will be held in Macau between November 20-22.

Suhail said his son is now confident of doing well in Sentul next month and in the other races of the series after his recent success in Sepang.

"Axcil is very confident for Indonesia now that he has won his first two races in the series and believes he can win more races and clinch the overall championship.

"He has won championships before and he knows how to cope with the pressure. The fact that he now has the backing of the nation, he finds great inspiration from that," Suhail said.

He revealed they were touched by the reception that they received upon their return from Sepang on Wednesday last week.

"We were very happy on our arrival back in Zimbabwe after our event in Malaysia as we had a hero's welcome with the Minister of Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu, at the Harare International Airport to meet and greet us.

"There were also scores of local motor racing fans who were at the airport to welcome us back home and we really appreciate this kind of support.

"We also appreciate the acknowledgement by the Government of Axcil's results and we look forward to flying the Zimbabwean flag high once again in Indonesia and at other forthcoming events," Suhail said.

Axcil's recent achievement in the Formula BMW Pacific Series also saw him landing a sponsorship deal with a local transport company, Pioneer Corporation.

Pioneer decided to put their weight behind Axcil after his two series' victories in Sepang and his father Suhail said the company was looking at "prolonging" its relationship with the promising young driver.

"The fact that Axcil is now able to compete at the highest level has been made possible by the financial support and sponsorship from Pioneer Corporation and we'd like to thank them for this support and we are looking forward to a lasting relationship with them."

Suhail said Pioneer's sponsorship will also come in handy as they prepare for the next rounds of the Formula BMW Pacific Series in Sentul.

"Axcil continues to work hard on his fitness, spending two hours per day in the gym and running 5km daily as fitness is vital in motorsport.

"In motorsport, drivers can lose as much as 4kg over a race weekend and as fatigue sets in, concentration levels drop which means that the drivers will not be able to perform at optimum level.

"Axcil is aware of this and makes sure that he stays fitter than his opponents," Suhail said.

Axcil is the first Zimbabwean to compete in the Formula BMW driver.

The Formula BMW is a junior single-seater series, which is two levels down from Formula One.

From Formula BMW, drivers progress to Formula Three and then into the prestigious Formula One.