Aberdein, who turns 22 on 14th February, contested all 18 races for the WRT team in last season’s #dtm.
He impressed with a total of eight top-ten results, including two fourth places, on his way to finishing tenth in the Drivers’ Championship. Before switching to the #dtm, Aberdein raced in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. His biggest success came in 2017, when he won the title in the Formula 4 UAE series.
“I am delighted that we have been able to give our last free #dtm works seat to such a promising and extremely talented young #racing driver as #jonathanaberdein,” said BMW Group Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. “He demonstrated his potential emphatically in last season’s #dtm, when he repeatedly challenged his fellow works drivers and often beat them. I am confident that he will be a great addition to our strong driver line-up. Generally speaking, with our two newcomers #jonathanaberdein and Lucas Auer joining our four established drivers, we have assembled an outstanding team.”
“BMW has given me an incredible opportunity to become a BMW works driver in 2020 and I’m very thankful for that”, said Aberdein. “I’m ecstatic to be participating in another season of #dtm, I will be looking to build on my strong rookie year in 2019. I look forward to taking on this challenge with BMW.”
The first races of the 2020 #dtm season will take place on 25th and 26th April at Zolder, Belgium.
