South Africa's German ADAC Formula 4 rookie Jonathan Aberdein is looking forward to the Dutch round of the championship at the Zandvoort circuit on Holland's coast on the weekend of 20-21 August. 

Aberdein, who has progressed well through his first year racing cars overseas, is relishing racing on the former grand prix track as he heads toward the end of his maiden season. "I'm looking forward to driving on such a prestigious track." Jonathan admitted. 

"Zandvoort has fast flowing corners that rise and dip through the beach dunes and that should suit me very well.  "I'm keen to snatch some good points this weekend so I can move up into the top end of the Junior championship, where things are very close with just two rounds and six heats  left to race." Aberdein admitted. 

Jonathan is also looking for his first ADAC Formula 4 podium, having come very close on several recent occasions. You can follow young Aberdein's Formula 4 progress at Zandvoort live via streaming and live timing at www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4.

South Africa's German Formula 4 rookie Jonathan Aberdein endured a tough weekend's racing at the sixth round of the ADAC championship at Nurburgring over the weekend, although the Cape Town driver scored a top-ten finish in the middle of the three races of a hectic meeting.

"It's a bit difficult to say something positive about the weekend that we had," Jonathan admitted. "But ninth was good in the second race and race 3 was absolutely crazy."

"In all we have not had too bad a season, but the Nurburgring never quite delivered what we expected it to. "I qualified 13th and ended 14th in the first race, but Race 2 was better - I was 11th on the grid and ended up in the top ten again in the race. "I was 14th on the grid for Race 3, but it was a wild ride so I suppose I can be happy to have finished at all in fifteenth."

Series rookie Aberdein lies seventh in the ADAC  Formula 4 Junior championship with two races still to run. "Fifth in the rookie championship is still a possibility and I can end up third if luck runs our way for once," Jonathan explained. "So we have to be on top of it in Holland in two weeks time if I want to leapfrog the guys ahead of me there." ADAC Formula 4 heads to the classic Dutch Zandvoort racetrack for its penultimate round in two weeks.

South Africa's Formula 4 rookie Jonathan Aberdein heads to the Nurburgring for the sixth round of the German ADAC championship keen to deliver his first podium in the series on his maiden run at the famous grand prix circuit 9-10 August. 

"We have made steady progress through my rookie year and my pace is now as good as the frontrunners when we get it all together," the Cape Town driver explained. "We have been a little unlucky when it counted most though, so this weekend I hope to string it all together to bring us our first podium and the Nurburgring would be the ideal place to do that.

"We had a fourth place in the race before last and we're now regularly in the top ten in the race results, but my times are good for the top six. "The trick is to be quick when it counts most, which is in qualifying - I need to get into the top 20 shootout and then put in laps that will see me on the sharp end of the grid every time. "We have had good results every time we have qualified well so good grid positions are our main objective this weekend.

"I am also looking forward to racing on the Nurburgring," Jono admitted. "This is one of the world's most important racetracks and I am keen to open my CV here with the best possible results." Find the weekend program and follow Jono's progress live via streaming and live timing at www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4/en.

South Africa's Jonathan Aberdein endured a tough weekend of ADAC German Formula 4 racing at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria over the weekend - all the more difficult considering that the Cape Town driver was promisingly fast in practice. But a troubled qualifying saw Jonathan starting well down the grid for the first of the weekend's three races on Saturday morning.

"Qualifying never quite went as planned," Aberdein rued. "And things never went much better in the race - Red Bull Ring has been tough going - it was inevitable having qualified so far down, but I got caught up in a mid pack-incident in turn one and damaged the suspension, which became impossible to drive and I stopped before the end of the race. "But tomorrow is another day and we keep pushing - never give up." 

Sunday dawned well for Jonathan, who had a better second race. "I started 16th but had a poor start and lost a few positions," Jonathan explained. "But I had a great comeback drive from around 20th to finish 9th." The third race was a tougher prospect as Jonathan started at the back, but he drove another solid race to end up 21st. 

"That was a tough weekend - it never went quite as we'd expected, but the second race was good," Jonathan concluded. "I  also managed some great lap times and I am now only a tenth or two off the guys in front - now all we need is a little good luck, so let's hope that comes right at the Nurburgring in two weeks time."

South Africa's Jonathan Aberdein endured a tough weekend of ADAC German Formula 4 racing at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria over the weekend - all the more difficult considering that the Cape Town driver was promisingly fast in practice. But a troubled qualifying saw Jonathan starting well down the grid for the first of the weekend's three races on Saturday morning.

"Qualifying never quite went as planned," Aberdein rued. "And things never went much better in the race - Red Bull Ring has been tough going - it was inevitable having qualified so far down, but I got caught up in a mid pack-incident in turn one and damaged the suspension, which became impossible to drive and I stopped before the end of the race. "But tomorrow is another day and we keep pushing - never give up." 

Sunday dawned well for Jonathan, who had a better second race. "I started 16th but had a poor start and lost a few positions," Jonathan explained. "But I had a great comeback drive from around 20th to finish 9th." The third race was a tougher prospect as Jonathan started at the back, but he drove another solid race to end up 21st. 

"That was a tough weekend - it never went quite as we'd expected, but the second race was good," Jonathan concluded. "I  also managed some great lap times and I am now only a tenth or two off the guys in front - now all we need is a little good luck, so let's hope that comes right at the Nurburgring in two weeks time."