| Jonathan Aberdein | ||
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| File:Jonathan Aberdein.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  South African
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| P.o.B. | Cape Town, South Africa
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| D.o.B. | 14 February 1998 | |
| Début |  2019 Hockenheim Opening Race 1
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| Best Finish | 10th (2019) | |
| Previous Teams |  Audi Sport Team WRT
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| DTM Career | ||
| Entries | 18 (18 Starts) | |
| Wins | 0 | |
| Poles | 0 | |
| F.L.s | 0 | |
| Points | 67 | |
| Current Season | ||
| Team | BMW Team RMR
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| Car | BMW M4 Turbo DTM | |
| Number | Standings | Points |
| 27 | – | ' |
Jonathan Aberdein (born 14 February 1998 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African racing driver, who competes in the 2020 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for BMW Team RBM.[1] The son of former Audi and Porsche factory driver Chris Aberdein, Aberdein made his DTM debut in 2019, having joined Audi customer team Team WRT.[2]
Aberdein's maiden DTM campaign was a quiet one, with the South African racer having to wait until his fifth race to score points.[3] However, Aberdein would improve throughout the season, claiming a best finish of fourth at the 2019 Nürburgring Race 1 en-route to tenth in the Championship.[4]
Background[]
Aberdein began his career in karting in his native South Africa in 2013, before moving into single-seater racing at the start of the 2016 season.[5] That year, Aberdein would enter the ADAC Formula 4 Germany, claiming fourteenth with a single podium finish.[5] Aberdein then spent the winter dominating the Formula 4 UAE Championship, claiming fourteen victories and the Championship.[5]
Ladder Lunges: 2017 - 2018[]
Aberdein returned to German F4 for 2017, and would improve to ninth in the Championship with four podium finishes.[5] The South African racer then secured a seat in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for the 2018 season, and duly became a regular point scorer en-route to claiming twelfth in the Championship.[5]
DTM History[]
Aberdein signed up to join the new Audi customer team Team WRT ahead of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, partnering fellow DTM rookie Pietro Fittipaldi.[2] A quiet debut in Hockenheim would see Aberdein run at the back of the field throughout, finishing fifteenth after crashing in qualifying.[6] He improved in the Second Race, fighting with compatriot Sheldon van der Linde for ninth in the early stages, before slipping down to twelfth after the stops.[7]
Gradual Gains: 2019[]
His second race weekend would be more ignominious, with a retirement in the first race at Zolder followed by another failure to score in the Second Race.[8] However, at the next race in Misano Aberdein would take a stunning second place in qualifying, although he would steadily fall down to eighth throughout the race.[3] Another impressive qualifying display followed in the Sunday Race, although he would also slide down the field during the race to seventh.[9]
Two anonymous races for Aberdein would follow at the Norisring, before a race long fight in the points to sixth in the first race at Assen.[10] Another strong qualifying session for Aberdein followed in the Sunday Race, although he would narrowly miss-out on a maiden podium finish, slipping to fourth during the race.[11] A ninth place at the 2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 would follow, before two more pointless races followed for the South African racer.[12]
Aberdein returned to the front-row of the grid at the 2019 Lausitzring Race 2, although he would again slip down the field during the race to seventh.[13] The South African racer would then battle for the podium at the 2019 Nürburgring Race 1, but had to settle for fourth after a race long fight with Marco Wittmann.[4] Fifth place in the second race followed, Aberdein having fought with Loïc Duval for fourth, before ending the season with a fourteenth and a retirement due to damage in Hockenheim.[14]
Aberdein ended the 2019 season with 67 points to his name, earning him tenth in the Championship and ensuring that he was the best of the rookies at the end of the season.[14]
BMW Bounty?: 2020[]
For the 2020 season Aberdein would switch camps to BMW, securing a seat at BMW Team RMR alongside ex-Mercedes racer Lucas Auer.[1]
Full DTM Record[]
Jonathan Aberdein's full results from his 18 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.
DTM Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Jonathan Aberdein during their DTM career:
| Jonathan Aberdein's Overall DTM Record | ||||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
| 2019 | Audi Sport Team WRT[2]
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27 | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | 10th | 67 | File:ABE 19 Livery.png |
| 2020 | BMW Team RMR[1]
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27 | BMW M4 Turbo DTM | 
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Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Jonathan Aberdein's full DTM record.
| Jonathan Aberdein DTM Championship Record | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 2019 |
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10th | 67 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||||
| 15th | 12th | Ret | 12th | 8th | 7th | 13th | 14th | 6th | 4th | 9th | 13th | 14th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 14th | Ret | |||||
| 2020 | 
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9th | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||||
| Results Key | ||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Scorer | NC | Not Classified | |
| Italics | Fastest Lap | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| 16th | Non-points finish | † | Non-Championship Race | |
| Bold | Pole Position | 3 | Points for Qualifying | |
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedJAbe20A - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gary Watkins, 'Aberdein confirmed for WRT Audi, second car proving “difficult”', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 21/03/2019), https://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/aberdein-confirmed-wrt-audi-dtm/4356757/, (Accessed 14/04/2019)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tamara Aller, 'Marco Wittmann goes back-to-front for second victory of the season at Misano', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 08/06/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/06/08/marco-wittmann-goes-back-front-second-victory-season-misano/, (Accessed 09/04/2020)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tamara Aller, 'René Rast sails to Nürburgring victory and edges closer to title', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 14/09/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/09/14/rene-rast-sails-nurburgring-victory-edges-closer-title/, (Accessed 12/04/2020)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 ' Jonathan Aberdein', driverdb.com, (Driver Database, 2020), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jonathan-aberdein/, (Accessed 27/05/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Marco Wittmann wins rain hampered season opener at Hockenheim', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 04/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/04/marco-wittmann-wins-rain-hampered-season-opener-hockenheim/, (Accessed 08/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast goes from 16th to take victory at Hockenheim', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 05/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/05/rene-rast-completes-a-strong-race-to-take-victory-at-hockenheim/, (Accessed 09/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Tactical drive carries Philipp Eng to maiden DTM victory', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 18/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/18/tactical-drive-carries-philipp-eng-maiden-dtm-victory/, (Accessed 09/04/2020)
- ↑ 'Nico Müller takes his second career win in Misano thriller', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 09/06/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/06/09/nico-muller-takes-second-career-win-misano-thriller/, (Accessed 10/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Marco Wittmann masters the rain to take his third victory of the year', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 20/07/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/07/20/marco-wittmann-masters-rain-take-third-victory-year/, (Accessed 11/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Mike Rockenfeller takes his first win in two years at Assen', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 21/07/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/07/21/mike-rockenfeller-takes-first-win-two-years-assen/, (Accessed 11/04/2020)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBH19R1 - ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast wins second race at Lausitzring as Audi wraps up manufacturers’ title', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 25/08/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/08/25/rene-rast-wins-second-race-lausitzring-audi-wraps-manufacturers-title/, (Accessed 12/04/2020)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tamara Aller, 'Nico Müller wins final race of 2019 in treacherous conditions at Hockenheim', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 06/10/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/10/06/nico-muller-wins-final-race-2019-treacherous-conditions-hockenheim/, (Accessed 13/04/2020)
| 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Aston Martin • Audi • BMW |
| Car/engine |
| Aston Martin Vantage DTM • HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t • Audi RS5 Turbo DTM • RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t • BMW M4 Turbo DTM • P48 2.0l I4t |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Audi Sport Team WRT • BMW Team RBM • BMW Team RMG • BMW Team RMR • R-Motorsport I • R-Motorsport II |
| Drivers |
| 3 Paul di Resta • 4 Robin Frijns • 7 Bruno Spengler • 11 Marco Wittmann • 16 Timo Glock • 21 Pietro Fittipaldi • 23 Daniel Juncadella • 25 Philipp Eng • 27 Jonathan Aberdein • 28 Loïc Duval • 31 Sheldon van der Linde • 33 René Rast • 34 Andrea Dovizioso • 47 Joel Eriksson • 51 Nico Müller • 53 Jamie Green • 62 Ferdinand von Habsburg • 76 Jake Dennis • 99 Mike Rockenfeller |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening 1 • Hockenheim Opening 2 • Zolder 1 • Zolder 2 • Misano 1 • Misano 2 • Norisring 1 • Norisring 2 • Assen 1 • Assen 2 • Brands Hatch 1 • Brands Hatch 2 • Lausitzring 1 • Lausitzring 2 • Nürburgring 1 • Nürburgring 2 • Hockenheim Finale 1 • Hockenheim Finale 2 |
| Non-Championship Races |
| Dream Race 1 • Dream Race 2 |
| Tests |
| 2019 Lausitzring Test • 2019 Rookie Test |
| Related Content |
| 2018 DTM Season • 2020 DTM Season • W Series Championship • Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers/Tyres |
| Audi • BMW • Hankook |
| Car/engine |
| Audi RS5 Turbo DTM • RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t • BMW M4 Turbo DTM • P48 2.0l I4t |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Audi Sport Team WRT • BMW Team ART Orlen • BMW Team RBM • BMW Team RMG • BMW Team RMR |
| Drivers |
| 4 Robin Frijns • 10 Harrison Newey • 11 Marco Wittmann • 13 Fabio Scherer • 16 Timo Glock • 19 Benoît Tréluyer • 22 Lucas Auer • 25 Philipp Eng • 27 Jonathan Aberdein • 28 Loïc Duval • 31 Sheldon van der Linde • 33 René Rast • 51 Nico Müller • 53 Jamie Green • 62 Ferdinand von Habsburg • 88 Robert Kubica • 99 Mike Rockenfeller • Ed Jones |
| Races |
| Spa 1 • Spa 2 • Lausitz 1 • Lausitz 2 • Lausitzring 1 • Lausitzring 2 • Assen 1 • Assen 2 • Nürburg 1 • Nürburg 2 • Nürburgring 1 • Nürburgring 2 • Zolder I Race 1 • Zolder I Race 2 • Zolder II Race 1 • Zolder II Race 2 • Hockenheim 1 • Hockenheim 2 |
| Tests |
| 2020 Nürburgring Test |
| Related Content |
| 2019 DTM Season • 2021 DTM Season • DTM Trophy • Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
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