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Jonathan Aberdein is a South African racing driver who last competed in the 2023 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition.

Career
2016–2018: Junior single-seaters Aberdein’s first single-seater championship was the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, driving for Motopark. The following year, he won the 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship title with 14 wins out of 18 races. However, he only finished ninth overall in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship. He took three podiums across the season. Aberdein was announced to be competing in the 2019 season with Audi Sport Team WRT the following March. He finished the season in 10th overall, with 67 points and a best race result of fourth at Assen and the Nürburgring. For the 2020 season, Aberdein was originally set to serve as Audi’s reserve driver in DTM and Formula E, a deal which likely would’ve included just one race appearance in place of Robin Frijns at the Norisring. Instead, he moved to BMW Team RMR for a sophomore DTM campaign. He was unable to improve on his results from the previous year, again taking a best race result of fourth at Zolder, and finished 11th in the standings. 2021–2023: LMP2 endurance racing In 2021, Aberdein moved to the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series, competing alongside Tom Gamble and Philip Hanson at United Autosports. With four podiums, including a win at the season-ending race in Portugal, the trio ended up finishing second in the standings. In addition, he 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. 2022 saw Aberdein team up with Ed Jones and Oliver Rasmussen to drive for Jota Sport in the World Endurance Championship. Following a fifth place at Sebring, the team would be forced to retire at Spa-Francorchamps. 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. Aberdein, Jones, and Rasmussen took another third place at the penultimate race in Fuji, eventually ending up sixth in the teams' standings. . Aberdein made a brief return to GT racing in 2022 alongside his endurance campaign, competing in the first two rounds of the ADAC GT Masters. With three podiums in the first three races, he finished 20th in the overall standings. He also competed in the opening round of the 2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie with Team Sorg Rennsport, finishing eighth in the VT2 FWD class. For 2023, Aberdein returned to the European Le Mans Series. Competing in the LMP2 class for Inter Europol Competition, Aberdein drove alongside Olli Caldwell and Rui Andrade in the team's No. 43 entry. With one podium at Paul Ricard but three retirements out of the six races, the team finished seventh in the standings. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Aberdein is the son of Chris Aberdein, who was an Audi and Porsche works driver in South Africa in the 1990s. == Racing record ==
Racing record
Career summary • Season still in progress.--> Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results • Season still in progress.--> Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) • Season still in progress.--> Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) • Season still in progress.--> Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ==References==
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