Jonathan Aberdein

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Jonathan Aberdein
Jonathan Aberdein in 2021
Nationality South African
Born (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26)
Cape Town, South Africa
Related toChris Aberdein (father)
WEC career
Debut season2021
Current teamJota
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number28
Co-driverEd Jones, Oliver Rasmussen
Former teamsUnited Autosports
Starts7 (7 entries)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish8th in 2022
Previous series
2021
2019-2020
2018
2017
2016-17
2016		European Le Mans Series
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
FIA European F3
ADAC Formula 4
Formula 4 UAE Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2016-17Formula 4 UAE Championship

Jonathan Aberdein (born 14 February 1998) is a South African racing driver. He currently competes for Inter Europol Competition in the European Le Mans Series.

He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Motopark.[1] He has also raced in the ADAC Formula 4 in both 2016 and 2017 and won the 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship in dominant fashion.

He is the son of Chris Aberdein, who was an Audi and Porsche works driver in South Africa in the 1990s.

Career[edit]

Aberdein switched to touring cars for the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

2021[edit]

In 2021, Aberdein moved to the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series, competing alongside Tom Gamble and Philip Hanson at United Autosports.[2] With four podiums, including a win at the season-ending race in Portugal, the trio ended up finishing second in the standings.[3] As well as that, the South African joined the team for the 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Nico Jamin and Manuel Maldonado, though the race would conclude in a retirement due to a crash with the sister United car caused by Maldonado.[4][5]

2022[edit]

Aberdein racing in the 2022 ADAC GT Masters.

2022 saw Aberdein team up with Ed Jones and Oliver Rasmussen to drive for Jota Sport in the World Endurance Championship.[6] Following a fifth place at Sebring, the team would be forced to retire at Spa-Francorchamps.[7] The team bounced back strongly at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in class and joining the sister car, which took victory, on the podium.[8][9] Aberdein, Jones, and Rasmussen took another third place at the penultimate race in Fuji, eventually ending up sixth in the teams' standings.[10]

2023[edit]

Aberdein's 2023 season was made up by a full-season effort in the ELMS. Competing in the LMP2 class for Inter Europol Competition, Aberdein drove alongside Olli Caldwell and Rui Andrade in the team's #43 entry.[11]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Motopark 24 0 0 0 1 49 14th
Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Event Team Motopark 3 3 2 1 3 N/A NC
2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship Team Motopark 18 14 12 11 16 368 1st
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Motopark 21 0 0 1 4 94 9th
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 30 0 0 1 3 108 12th
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team WRT 18 0 0 0 0 67 10th
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMR 18 0 0 0 0 62 11th
2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 6 1 0 1 4 86 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jota Sport 6 0 0 1 2 70 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 3rd
ADAC GT Masters MANN-FILTER Team Landgraf 4 0 1 0 3 56 20th
2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 6 0 0 0 1 33 7th

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points
2016 Motopark OSC1
1
15 		OSC1
2
24 		OSC1
3
11 		SAC
1
10 		SAC
2
Ret 		SAC
3
8 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
13 		LAU
3
13 		OSC2
1
8 		OSC2
2
13 		OSC2
3
4 		RBR
1
26 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
21 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
9 		NÜR
3
15 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
10 		ZAN
3
2 		HOC
1
23 		HOC
2
6 		HOC
3
27 		14th 49
2017 Motopark OSC1
1
3 		OSC1
2
8 		OSC1
3
3 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
13 		LAU
3
Ret 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
4 		RBR
3
12 		OSC2
1
2 		OSC2
2
7 		OSC2
3
9 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
9 		NÜR
3
16 		SAC
1
13 		SAC
2
9 		SAC
3
16 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
2 		HOC
3
17 		9th 94

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2016–17 Team Motopark DUB1
1
1 		DUB1
2
1 		DUB1
3
1 		YMC1
1
1 		YMC1
2
1 		YMC1
3
1 		YMC1
4
1 		DUB2
1
1 		DUB2
2
3 		DUB2
3
1 		YMC2
1
1 		YMC2
2
7 		YMC2
3
1 		YMC2
4
2 		YMC3
1
1 		YMC3
2
1 		YMC3
3
1 		YMC3
4
5 		1st 368

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Motopark Volkswagen PAU
1
12 		PAU
2
19 		PAU
3
8‡ 		HUN
1
17 		HUN
2
14 		HUN
3
8 		NOR
1
16 		NOR
2
14 		NOR
3
Ret 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
11 		ZAN
3
8 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
9 		SPA
3
7 		SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
3 		SIL
3
3 		MIS
1
10 		MIS
2
14 		MIS
3
11 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
7 		NÜR
3
12 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
6 		RBR
3
3 		HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
11 		HOC
3
7 		12th 109

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2019 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
12 		ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
12 		MIS
1
8 		MIS
2
7 		NOR
1
13 		NOR
2
14 		ASS
1
6 		ASS
2
4 		BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
13 		LAU
1
14 		LAU
2
7 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
5 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
Ret 		10th 67
2020 BMW Team RMR BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
9 		LAU
1
15 		LAU
2
9 		LAU
1
14 		LAU
2
7 		ASS
1
6 		ASS
2
13 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
8 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
10 		ZOL
1
11 		ZOL
2
11 		ZOL
1
4 		ZOL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
7 		11th 62

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

(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
2021 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
3 		RBR
7 		LEC
2 		MNZ
2 		SPA
8 		ALG
1 		2nd 86
2023 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
Ret 		LEC
3 		ARA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
6 		POR
4 		7th 33

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 United Kingdom United Autosports France Nico Jamin
Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 75 DNF DNF
2022 United Kingdom Jota Sport United Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 368 7th 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS
Ret 		BHR BHR NC 0
2022 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
5 		SPA
Ret 		LMS
3 		MNZ
10 		FUJ
3 		BHR
7 		8th 70

Complete ADAC GT Masters results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2022 Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1
3 		OSC
2
33 		RBR
1
31 		RBR
2
14 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		20th 56

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Aberdein joins Motopark for rookie European F3 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (8 February 2021). "United Completes LMP2 Lineup with Aberdein Signing". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (24 October 2021). "United Wins Portimao Finale as LMP3, GTE Titles Decided – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (9 June 2021). "Aberdein Joins United's Le Mans LMP2 Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ Bradley, Charles (21 August 2021). "Le Mans 24h, H8: Toyota extends 1–2 lead, trouble for Alpine". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ Mercier, Laurent (12 January 2022). "Will Stevens 3e homme chez Jota Sport, un nouveau trio sur la #28". Endurance Info (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Spa WEC: #7 Toyota victorious in dramatic mixed weather race". www.motorsport.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Le Mans 24h: Toyota takes fifth straight win as rivals falter". www.motorsport.com. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ^ Euwema, Davey (12 June 2022). "JOTA Takes LMP2 Honors at Le Mans With Commanding Run – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 September 2022). "No. 8 Toyota Wins 6H Fuji to Match Alpine Crew in Points – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  11. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (23 March 2023). "WEC Drivers in All-New Inter Europol LMP2 Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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