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Sheldon van der Linde
Sheldon van der Linde
	van der Linde in 2022
Nationality	South African
Born	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
Car number	31
Former teams	BMW Team RBM, ROWE Racing
Starts	86
Wins	5
Poles	5
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	1st 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

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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.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Van der Linde making his debut in the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

2019[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	South Africa Polo Cup Championship	Ferodo Junior Racing Team	14	4	7	8	12	345	1st
2015	Volkswagen Cup South Africa	Signature Motorsport	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2016	Audi Sport TT Cup	Audi Sport	14	4	3	3	6	231	4th
2017	TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship	Comtoyou Racing	3	1	0	1	2	105	16th
	TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship - Junior	Comtoyou Racing	3	1	0	1	2	55	8th
	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	20	27th
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC	14	1	0	2	4	315	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	36	52nd
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	14	1	0	0	6	136	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		4	0	0	1	0	96	22nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	1	34	10th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	4	0	0	0	0	34	10th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		2	0	0	0	0	6.5	21st
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		2	0	1	1	2	22.5	10th
	VLN Series - SP9	Audi Sport Team Land	5	0	1	0	0	16.58	8th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Sport Team Land	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2019	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RBM	18	0	1	0	0	42	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	VLN Series - SP9		2	0	0	0	0	10.53	29th
	VLN Series - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	10.53	29th
2020	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RBM	18	1	0	1	1	108	6th
	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	6	39th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	25	10th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	BMW Team Schnitzer	3	0	0	0	0	22.65	14th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2020–21	Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	Reserve driver
2021	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Rowe Racing	16	0	1	1	0	55	11th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	4	28th
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Schubert Motorsport	16	3	2	2	6	164	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	BMW M Team RLL	1	0	0	0	0	238	34th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022–23	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	Test driver
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Schubert Motorsport	16	1	1	2	4	151	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team WRT	5	0	0	0	0	26	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		5	2	0	2	2	68	5th
	FIA GT World Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	BMW M Team RLL	3	0	0	0	1	851	13th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Rowe Racing	2	0	1	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2023–24	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	Test driver
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Schubert Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	59	8th*
	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	BMW M Team WRT	4	0	0	0	0	10	16th*
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW M Team WRT	1	0	1	0	0	0	NC*
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Rowe Racing						0	NC*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	0	1	1	319	3rd*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team WRT
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Rowe Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF

^* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2017	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 1	52nd	36
2018	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 7	SEB 4	MOH	DET	WGL 12	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 6		22nd	96
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			34th	238
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				13th	851
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[edit]

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
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	13th	42
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	6th	108
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			11th	55
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			1st	164
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			4th	151
2024	Schubert Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	OSC 2 4	OSC 2 6	LAU 1 6	LAU 2 8	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 8	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2			8th*	59*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
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 NC	SAP	COA	FUJ	BHR	16th*	10*

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	BMW M Team WRT	Robin Frijns René Rast	BMW M Hybrid V8	Hypercar	96	NC	NC

References[edit]

^ "Sheldon van der Linde - BIOGRAPHY". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "BMW completes 2019 DTM roster with Sheldon van der Linde". 17 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Stritzke, Heiko; Haidinger, Sven (20 June 2021). "DTM-Rennen Monza 2: Geburtstagskind van der Linde sorgt für Audi-Doppelsieg". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Haidinger, Sven (24 July 2021). "Platz neun statt Podest: Warum Sheldon van der Linde für Stopp bestraft wurde". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "DTM 2021 results and standings for top drivers and teams". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Haidinger, Sven (17 February 2022). "Walkenhorst und Schubert BMW-Teams für DTM 2022: Wer die vier Fahrer sind". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Haidinger, Sven; Newbold, James (23 May 2022). ""Die Benchmark": Was macht Sheldon van der Linde in der Lausitz so stark?". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ Ebner, Tobias; Haidinger, Sven (27 August 2022). ""Werde mir ein Foto ausdrucken": Van der Lindes schreiben DTM-Geschichte". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ Thukral, Rachit (9 October 2022). "DTM champion van der Linde couldn't sleep ahead of title decider". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Packed schedule: BMW works driver Sheldon van der Linde scheduled to compete in GT racing and Formula E in 2021". 18 December 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "South African Sheldon van der Linde to take part in Formula E rookie test for Jaguar". 19 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Ciao Roma! Jaguar TCS Racing aim for strong performance at the team's most successful track". Jaguar Racing. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Jaguar Bring Back Sheldon Van Der Linde For Misano Test". The Official Home of Formula E. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Fittipaldi And Van Der Linde Get Jaguar Berlin Rookie Test Opportunity". The Official Home of Formula E. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Enzo Fittipaldi and Sheldon van der Linde complete successful rookie test for Jaguar TCS Racing". Jaguar Racing. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Sheldon van der Linde career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Maximilian Götz	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion 2022	Succeeded by Thomas Preining

[1] "Sheldon van der Linde - BIOGRAPHY". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[2] "BMW completes 2019 DTM roster with Sheldon van der Linde". 17 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[3] Stritzke, Heiko; Haidinger, Sven (20 June 2021). "DTM-Rennen Monza 2: Geburtstagskind van der Linde sorgt für Audi-Doppelsieg". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[4] Haidinger, Sven (24 July 2021). "Platz neun statt Podest: Warum Sheldon van der Linde für Stopp bestraft wurde". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[5] "DTM 2021 results and standings for top drivers and teams". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[BMWDrivers-6] Haidinger, Sven (17 February 2022). "Walkenhorst und Schubert BMW-Teams für DTM 2022: Wer die vier Fahrer sind". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[7] Haidinger, Sven; Newbold, James (23 May 2022). ""Die Benchmark": Was macht Sheldon van der Linde in der Lausitz so stark?". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[8] Ebner, Tobias; Haidinger, Sven (27 August 2022). ""Werde mir ein Foto ausdrucken": Van der Lindes schreiben DTM-Geschichte". Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[9] Thukral, Rachit (9 October 2022). "DTM champion van der Linde couldn't sleep ahead of title decider". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

[10] "Packed schedule: BMW works driver Sheldon van der Linde scheduled to compete in GT racing and Formula E in 2021". 18 December 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[11] "South African Sheldon van der Linde to take part in Formula E rookie test for Jaguar". 19 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[12] "Ciao Roma! Jaguar TCS Racing aim for strong performance at the team's most successful track". Jaguar Racing. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[13] "Jaguar Bring Back Sheldon Van Der Linde For Misano Test". The Official Home of Formula E. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[14] "Fittipaldi And Van Der Linde Get Jaguar Berlin Rookie Test Opportunity". The Official Home of Formula E. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[15] "Enzo Fittipaldi and Sheldon van der Linde complete successful rookie test for Jaguar TCS Racing". Jaguar Racing. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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