Roman Jefries

Roman Jefries (born November 13, 1984) is an former Serbian-American Formula One racing driverwho drove for Team Lotus, Williams F1 Team, McLaren Mercedes and Mercedes AMG team racing under American flag. He is 2014 and 2015 Formula One World Champion.
Roman is most titled American driver to race in Formula One. He also has most race wins for american driver.
While racing for Team Lotus, he finished third at 2012 Valencia Grand Prix and started from pole position at 2012 Singapoure Grand Prix. It was first and only pole, finish in points and podium for "new" teams (Lotus\Caterham,  Virgin\Marussia, HRT)
During 2016 Spainsh Grand Prix, Roman lost control of his car and suffered a hard contact with a safety-barrier. He was delivered to the local hospital immidiatelly. Later, he was confirmed to miss the rest of the season. Jeffries was leading championship with 4 pole positions, 3 victories and 93 points.
Jeffries returned to racing for Mercedec AMG Team at 2017 Australian Grand Prix. He raced all 19 races of the 2017 season and lost title to Hamilton in final race, finishing 2nd in Drivers's Standings. Jefries won Pole Trohy with total of 12 pole positions that year.
Jefries suffered another hard crash during qualification for 2018 Japanese Grand Prix that promted him to miss the race next day and costed him chance to win the title as the gap between him and Lewis Hamiton was 8 points before the race in Japan. He finished season second and defended his Pole Trophy with 14 pole position. He also set Formula 1 record for Most Consecutive Pole Positions with 9 (2018 Canadian Grand Prix - 2018 Singapoure Grand Prix).
==Personal life==
Jeffries was born in small town Stare Misto, Serbia. He moved to United States at the age of 18. He has twin sons - Ayrton Jeffries and Michael Jeffries (both 2011).
==Racing record==
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012 	Formula One	Team Lotus 	18 	0 	1 	4 	1 	23 	13th
2013 	Formula One	Williams F1 Team 	20 	9 	9 	15 	10 	257 	3rd
2014 	Formula One	McLaren Mercedes 	19 	8 	6 	13 	10 	277 	1st
2015 	Formula One	McLaren Mercedes 	19 	6 	5 	10 	11 	259 	1st
2016 	Formula One	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	5 	3 	4 	3 	4 	93 	10th
2017 	Formula One	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	19 	10 	12 	13 	13 	360 	2nd
2018 	Formula One	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	21 	10 	14 	16 	14 	338 	2nd