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Kelvin van der Linde
Van der Linde in 2024
Nationality	South African German
Born	(1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (age 29) Johannesburg,South Africa
Relatives	Etienne van der Linde (uncle) Sheldon van der Linde (brother)
Formula E career
Debut season	2022–23
Current team	BMW Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver(2014)[1] FIA Gold(2015–2019) FIA Platinum(2020–)[2]
Car number	51
Starts	5
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2023-24 Formula E season
Previous series
2014–20 2015 2014 2013 2011–2012 2006–2010	ADAC GT Masters TCR International Series Blancpain Sprint Series Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Volkswagen Cup South Africa Karting
Championship titles
2025 2025 2014,2019 2013 2011–2012 2008, 2010	Intercontinental GT Challenge GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup ADAC GT Masters Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Volkswagen Cup South Africa South African Karting Championship

Kelvin van der Linde (born 20 June 1996) is aSouth African andGerman^[3]sports car racing driver forBMW Motorsport.^[4] He is a two-time champion of theADAC GT Masters, having won the championship in2014 and2019, and won the24 Hours of Nürburgring in2017,2022 and2025. Van Der Linde formally competed in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters forAbt Sportsline.^[5] He also made hisformula racing debut inFormula E at the2023 Diriyah ePrix, driving forABT Cupra as a substitute for the injuredRobin Frijns.^[6]

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Van der Linde, a South African, started his career in racing inkart racing at the age of eight in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, van der Linde became the youngest driver to compete in a National South African Circuit event at the age of fourteen and also South Africa's youngest National Champion at the age of sixteen in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013 van der Linde won the International Championship. At the age of seventeen, van der Linde became the youngest ever winner of theVolkswagen Scirocco R-Cup and became a Volkswagen-supported junior driver for the 2014 season. He became the youngestADAC GT Masters champion at the age of eighteen driving anAudi R8 LMS Ultra.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, van der Linde was promoted to Audi factory driver, winning the2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring andSuzuka 10 Hours.^{[citation needed]}

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In 2021, van der Linde competed in the2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) forAbt Sportsline. He won four races and finished third in the drivers' championship. Going into the final round of the season, he was fighting for the drivers' championship title withLiam Lawson andMaximilian Götz.

During both of the final races of the Championship at theNorisring, van der Linde had similar incidents with Lawson. In the first race, van der Linde dived down the inside of Lawson, with Lawsonfinished in third. In the second race the consequences were much more serious; Lawson's car was damaged in a first-lap collision with van der Linde, who again dived down the inside of Lawson, taking Lawson out of contention for the title as he finished 18th. van der Linde was then given a five-second time penalty as a result. Towards the end of the race, van der Linde suffered a puncture in a battle with Götz and lost his chances to win the title, which eventually went to Götz afterMercedes issued team orders to the cars ahead of the latter to guarantee he finished in first.

Days before the final round of the 2021 DTM season, Abt Sportsline confirmed van der Linde as their driver for the2022 season.^[7] After finishing ninth in points in 2022, van der Linde returned to the team for 2023.^[8]

AfterRobin Frijns sustained a hand injury at the2023 Mexico City ePrix, van der Linde was called upon to replace him atABT Cupra for the rounds atDiriyah.^[9] In his first weekend in single-seater racing, he managed to finish 16th during the first race and 18th on Saturday, which he stated gave him a base to build upon for the following event.^[10]

As a reserve driver ofABT Cupra, van der Linde returned for the2024 Berlin ePrix, replacingNico Müller who missed the event due to clashing commitments in theFIA World Endurance Championship.^[6]

In 2022, van der Linde initiated the process for acquiring the German citizenship after living inKempten, Germany, since 2014.^[11] In early 2024, the process was completed.^[3]

^† As van der Linde was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Prosport-Performance GmbH	Fidel Leib Jonas Carlsson Thomas Bolz	Porsche Cayman Pro4	SP6	4	DNF	DNF
2017	Audi Sport Team Land / Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	SP9	158	1st	1st
2018	Audi Sport Team Land	Christopher Mies René Rast Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS	SP9	133	5th	6th
2019	Audi Sport Team Land	Christopher Mies René Rast Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS Evo	SP9	139	DNF	DNF
2020	Audi Sport Team Land	Mattia Drudi Christopher Mies René Rast	Audi R8 LMS Evo	SP9	85	6th	6th
2021	Audi Sport Team Land	Christopher Mies René Rast Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	SP9	47	DNF	DNF
2022	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Robin Frijns Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	SP9	159	1st	1st
2023	ABT Sportsline	Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9	160	9th	7th
2024	Red Bull Team Abt	Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9	50	5th	5th
2025	Rowe Racing	Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn Raffaele Marciello	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	SP9	141	1st	1st

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Melbourne Performance Centre	Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	241	27th	7th
2019	Melbourne Performance Centre	Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	181	DNF	DNF
2020	Melbourne Performance Centre	Mattia Drudi Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	308	18th	11th
2022	Melbourne Performance Centre	Nathanaël Berthon Brad Schumacher	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro-Am	290	4th	4th
2024	Melbourne Performance Centre	Christopher Haase Liam Talbot	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	275	3rd	3rd
2025	Team WRT	Sheldon van der Linde Augusto Farfus	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	306	1st	1st

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	Akkodis ASP Team	Timur Boguslavskiy Arnold Robin	Lexus RC F GT3	LMGT3	279	34th	7th
2025	Team WRT	Ahmad Al Harthy Valentino Rossi	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	LMGT3	156	DNF	DNF

• Kelvin van der Linde career summary at DriverDB.com
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