Sheldon van der Linde

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Sheldon van der Linde
Sheldon van der Linde 2022.jpg
van der Linde in 2022
Nationality Flag of South Africa.svg South African
Born (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Related to Etienne van der Linde (uncle)
Kelvin van der Linde (brother)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season 2019
Current team Schubert Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number31
Former teams BMW Team RBM, ROWE Racing
Starts84
Wins5
Poles5
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 2022
Previous series
2017



2016
2015

2014		 IMSA SportsCar Championship
ADAC GT Masters
TCR Benelux
Audi Sport TT Cup
Volkswagen Cup South Africa
South Africa Polo Cup Championship
Championship titles
2022
2015

2014		 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Volkswagen Cup South Africa
South Africa Polo Cup Championship

Sheldon van der Linde (born 13 May 1999) is a South African motor racing driver. He has been competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since 2019, winning his maiden title in 2022.

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Career

Van der Linde began his motorsport career at the age of six, racing karts in his native South Africa. He would go on to win multiple national titles before making the transition to racing cars in 2014. In his first season of car racing, van der Linde won the South Africa Polo Cup Championship in dominant fashion. He would go on to win the Volkswagen Cup South Africa the following year. [1]

For 2016, van der Linde raced in the Audi Sport TT Cup, one of the support categories of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He would make an immediate impact, winning both races of the opening round at the Hockenheimring. Scoring multiple podiums, as well as two wins, secured van der Linde fourth in his debut season. Thereafter, he has competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, ADAC GT Masters, and both Blancpain GT Series'.

DTM

Van der Linde making his debut in the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Sheldon van der Linde 2019 DTM Hockenheim (May) FP2.jpg
Van der Linde making his debut in the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

2019

In January 2019, it was announced that van der Linde would be driving for BMW Team RBM in the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season; thereby making him the first South African driver to compete in the series. [2] He scored a pole position at Zolder and finished 13th in the standings, 19 points behind teammate Joel Eriksson.

2020

van der Linde remained with RBM for the 2020 season, this time alongside Philipp Eng. His season started out strongly, scoring his first DTM podium at the second round of the campaign at the Lausitzring. The South African followed that up by winning race 2 at Assen, a race in which he scored the fastest lap as well. A consistent season helped van der Linde to sixth in the championship, finishing as the second-highest BMW driver, narrowly missing out to Timo Glock.

2021

For 2021, the first DTM season to be run under Group GT3 regulations, van der Linde switched over to partner Glock at ROWE Racing as the team fielded a pair of BMW M6 GT3 cars in what proved to be their only season in the series. In the first seven races, he recorded five finishes in the top 10. After a fourth-place finish in the second race of the first round at Monza, he started from pole position and led 21 laps in the first race of the second round at the Lausitzring, but eventually received a five-second time penalty for a pit-stop infringement and finished in ninth place. [3] [4] After experiencing his first retirement of the season in the second race of the fourth round at the Nürburgring, he also retired from both races of the next round at the Red Bull Ring. He finished sixth in the first race of the sixth round at Assen, before experiencing four consecutive retirements. His campaign ended with an eleventh-place finish in the drivers' standings, with the fourth-place finish at Monza remaining his best race result. [5]

2022

Team WRT's #32 BMW M4 GT3 driven by van der Linde, Vanthoor and Weerts during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa 32BMWWRTSPA242023.jpg
Team WRT's #32 BMW M4 GT3 driven by van der Linde, Vanthoor and Weerts during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa

For the 2022 season, van der Linde was chosen to partner Philipp Eng at Schubert Motorsport as the team entered the DTM for the first time by fielding a pair of BMW M4 GT3 cars. [6] In the second round of the season at the Lausitzring, he won both races. [7] He scored his third victory of the season in the first race of the fifth round at the Nürburgring, finishing ahead of his brother, Kelvin. It was the first time that two brothers finished 1-2 in a DTM race. [8] Going into the final round at the Hockenheimring, van der Linde was 11 points ahead of Mercedes driver Lucas Auer in the drivers' standings. In the Saturday race, which Auer won, van der Linde finished second after starting from 16th due to a 10-place grid penalty. He went into the Sunday race two points ahead of Auer in the drivers' standings, eventually winning his maiden title with a third-place finish, which put him 11 points ahead of Auer, who finished the race in seventh, in the final drivers' standings. [9]

Formula E

van der Linde served as the reserve driver for the BMW i Andretti Motorsport during the 2020–21 Formula E season. [10]

In April 2023, van der Linde made his debut in a Formula E car during the Berlin rookie test with Jaguar TCS Racing. [11] He would later partake in the rookie test with the team in Rome. [12] van der Linde returned with Jaguar and participated in the rookie free practice session in Misano and the Berlin rookie test. [13] [14] [15]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2014South Africa Polo Cup ChampionshipFerodo Junior Racing Team14478123451st
2015Volkswagen Cup South AfricaSignature Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ?1st
2016 Audi Sport TT Cup Audi Sport 1443362314th
2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Comtoyou Racing 3101210516th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship - Junior 31012558th
ADAC GT Masters Aust Motorsport200002027th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC 1410243153rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Montaplast by Land-Motorsport110013652nd
2018 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport1410061362nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD 400109622nd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 100013410th
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 40000
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 200006.521st
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 2011222.510th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land10000N/A5th
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 1801004213th
Intercontinental GT Challenge BMW Team Schnitzer 10000622nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10000N/ADNF
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 1810111086th
ADAC GT Masters Schubert Motorsport 20000639th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Walkenhorst Motorsport110012510th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer 10001N/A3rd
2020–21 Formula E BMW i Andretti Motorsport Reserve driver
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Rowe Racing 1601105511th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10001N/A2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport30000428th
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Schubert Motorsport 1632261641st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro BMW M Team RLL 1000023834th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10000N/ADNF
2022–23 Formula E Jaguar TCS Racing Test driver
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Schubert Motorsport 1611241514th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team WRT 500002611th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 52022685th
FIA GT World Cup 10000N/A16th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP BMW M Team RLL 3000185113th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10001N/A2nd
2023–24 Formula E Jaguar TCS Racing Test driver
2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Schubert Motorsport 40000417th*
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar BMW M Team WRT 300001012th*
Intercontinental GT Challenge BMW M Team WRT 101000NC*
Rowe Racing
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Paul Miller Racing 100113193rd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team WRT
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Rowe Racing
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2017 Montaplast by Land-MotorsportGTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
1		52nd36
2018 Montaplast by Land-MotorsportGTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
7		 SEB
4		 MOH DET WGL
12		 MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
6		22nd96
2022 BMW M Team RLL GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
9		 SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 34th238
2023 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
9		 SEB
2		 LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET
7		13th851
2024 Paul Miller Racing GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 DAY
3		 SEB
LGA
DET
WGL
MOS
ELK
VIR
IMS
PET
3rd*319*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassis123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2019 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 Turbo DTM HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
14		 ZOL
1
11		 ZOL
2
5		 MIS
1
9		 MIS
2
9		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
Ret		 ASS
1
10		 ASS
2
15		 BRH
1
8		 BRH
2
7		 LAU
1
16		 LAU
2
11		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
16		 HOC
1
16		 HOC
2
13		13th42
2020 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
6		 LAU
1
2		 LAU
2
15		 LAU
1
9		 LAU
2
10		 ASS
1
7		 ASS
2
1		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
6		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
4		 ZOL
1
6		 ZOL
2
10		 ZOL
1
13		 ZOL
2
7		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
9		6th108
2021 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 MNZ
1
11		 MNZ
2
4		 LAU
1
9		 LAU
2
5		 ZOL
1
16		 ZOL
2
7		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
Ret		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
Ret		 ASS
1
6		 ASS
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
Ret		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
16		11th55
2022 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ALG
1
7		 ALG
2
8		 LAU
1
1		 LAU
2
1		 IMO
1
8		 IMO
2
5		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
15		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
9		 SPA
1
12		 SPA
2
2		 RBR
1
11		 RBR
2
11		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
3		1st164
2023 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
11		 ZAN
1
2		 ZAN
2
10		 NOR
1
1		 NOR
2
3		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
17		 LAU
1
5		 LAU
2
13		 SAC
1
6		 SAC
2
Ret		 RBR
1
13		 RBR
2
2		 HOC
1
20		 HOC
2
4		4th151
2024 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC
2
4		 OSC
2
6		 LAU
1
6		 LAU
2
8		 ZAN
1
ZAN
2
NOR
1
NOR
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
SAC
1
SAC
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
7th*41*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2024 BMW M Team WRT Hypercar BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
10		 IMO
6		 SPA
13		 LMS
SAP
COA
FUJ
BHR
12th*10*

* Season still in progress.

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