Jonathan Aberdein
Jonathan Aberdein in 2021
Nationality South African
Born (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 25)
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

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

2021

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

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

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

Career summary

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

(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

(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

(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

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

(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 		POR
6 		ALG
4 		7th 33

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

(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

(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

  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.
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