Kelvin van der Linde

Kelvin van der Linde (born 20 June 1996) is a South African racing driver currently competing in the Intercontinental GT Challenge, GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters. He made his GT Masters debut in 2014, also winning the championship that year, a feat he repeated in 2019. He won the 2017 24 Hours of Nurburgring.

Kelvin van der Linde
NationalitySouth African
Born (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996
Johannesburg, South Africa
Related toEtienne van der Linde (uncle)
Sheldon van der Linde (brother)
ADAC GT Masters career
Debut season2014
Current teamC. Abt Racing
Car number1
Starts20
Wins3
Poles4
Fastest laps1
Previous series
2015
2014
2013
2011–2012
2006–2010		TCR International Series
Blancpain Sprint Series
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Volkswagen Cup South Africa
Karting
Championship titles
2014, 2019
2013
2011–2012
2008, 2010		ADAC GT Masters
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Volkswagen Cup South Africa
South African Karting Championship

Racing career
van der Linde placed fourth in the 2017 Australian GT Championship driving an Audi R8 LMS


Born & raised in South Africa, Kelvin van der Linde started his racing career in Karting at the age of 8 in 2005. Since then, Kelvin has won multiple National and International Titles, as well as one of the Worlds biggest Endurance races, the 24H of Nurburgring.

In 2011 he became the youngest ever driver to compete in a National South African Circuit event at age 14 and then went on to become South Africa’s youngest ever National Champion at the age of 16 years and 128 days the following year.

2013 was a breakthrough year when he won his first International Championship. At the age of 17, Kelvin became the youngest ever winner of the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup and earned his place as a Volkswagen supported Junior driver for the 2014 season. Leading on from the previous year’s success, Kelvin wrapped up back to back European titles when he became the youngest ever ADAC GT Masters Champion at age 18 driving an Audi R8 LMS Ultra.

In 2015 Kelvin was promoted to the role of Audi Factory driver, winning some of the world’s most prestigious events in the years that followed, including the 2017 Nurburgring 24H and Suzuka 10H.

Racing record

Career Summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Engen Volkswagen Cup Ferodo Racing 10 0 0 0 1 ? 3rd
Volkswagen Challenge South Africa Ferodo Racing 16 12 16 15 12 152 1st
Autoquip
2012 Volkswagen Cup South Africa ? 20 7 ? ? 15 429 1st
2013 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup ? 9 5 2 4 6 348 1st
2014 ADAC GT Masters Prosperia C. Abt Racing 16 3 4 0 9 214 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Prosperia Abt Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 ADAC GT Masters C. Abt Racing 16 1 0 0 3 81 14th
TCR International Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 13 21st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 ADAC GT Masters Car Collection Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 1 54th
24 Hours of Nürburgring (SP6) Prosport-Performance GmbH 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2017 ADAC GT Masters Aust Motorsport 14 1 0 0 2 107 5th
Australian GT Championship JAMEC PEM Racing 12 2 0 0 5 516 4th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team Magnus 2 1 0 0 1 27 5th
Audi Sport Team ISR
24 Hours of Nürburgring (SP9) Audi Sport Team Land 1 1 0 0 0 N/A 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team ISR 4 0 0 0 0 5 33rd
2018 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 14 2 0 0 6 136 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team MPC 3 1 2 1 2 40 6th
Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing
Audi Sport Team Land
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Attempto Racing 5 0 0 0 1 36 8th
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Attempto Racing 10 1 0 1 3 65 3rd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 24 53rd
Stock Car Brasil Blau Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring (SP9) Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2019 ADAC GT Masters HCB-Rutronik Racing 14 3 3 1 7 205 1st
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team Valvoline 4 1 0 0 1 32 13th
Audi Sport Team Land
Audi Sport Team WRT
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Attempto Racing 4 0 0 0 0 10 24th
2019 Daytona 24H GTD Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar 1 0 0 0 1 30 3rd
24 Hours of Nürburgring (SP9 PRO) Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
FIA GT World Cup Audi Sport Team Rutronik 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th

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

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2014 Prosperia C. Abt Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra OSC
1
2		 OSC
2
1		 ZAN
1
3		 ZAN
2
2		 LAU
1
7		 LAU
2
2		 RBR
1
10		 RBR
2
2		 SLO
1
6		 SLO
2
10		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
2		 SAC
1
1		 SAC
2
1		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
6		 1st 214
2015 C. Abt Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra OSC
1
17		 OSC
2
6		 RBR
1
10		 RBR
2
17		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
11		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
12		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
Ret		 SAC
1
Ret		 SAC
2
1		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
7		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
7		 14th 81
2016 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1
27		 OSC
2
10		 SAC
1
24		 SAC
2
20		 LAU
1
29		 LAU
2
Ret		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
16		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
24		 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 54th 1
2017 Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1
4		 OSC
2
9		 LAU
1
6		 LAU
2
7		 RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
21		 ZAN
1
2		 ZAN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
1		 SAC
1
4		 SAC
2
6		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
20		 5th 107
2018 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1
2		 OSC
2
Ret		 MST
1
9		 MST
2
8		 RBR
1
5		 RBR
2
13		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
10		 ZAN
1
2		 ZAN
2
11		 SAC
1
1		 SAC
2
2		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
1		 2nd 136
2019 HCB-Rutronik Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1
2		 OSC
2
4		 MST
1
1		 MST
2
4		 RBR
1
4		 RBR
2
3		 ZAN
1
17		 ZAN
2
9		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
2		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
1		 SAC
1
19		 SAC
2
1		 1st 205

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi TT Cup MYS
1		 MYS
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 POR
1
4		 POR
2
12†		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 SIN
1		 SIN
2		 THA
1		 THA
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 21st 13

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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Jamec Pem Racing Garth Tander
Frédéric Vervisch		 Audi R8 LMS APP 241 27th 7th
2019 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Garth Tander
Frédéric Vervisch		 Audi R8 LMS APP 181 DNF DNF

References
    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Diego Alessi
    Daniel Keilwitz    		 ADAC GT Masters
    Champion
    2015
    With: René Rast    		 Succeeded by
    Sebastian Asch
    Luca Ludwig
    Preceded by
    Mathieu Jaminet
    Robert Renauer    		 ADAC GT Masters
    Champion
    2019
    With: Patric Niederhauser    		 Succeeded by
    Incumbent
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