Kelvin van der Linde


Kelvin van der Linde 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.

Racing career

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

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

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2014Prosperia C. Abt RacingAudi R8 LMS UltraOSC
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		1st214
2015C. Abt RacingAudi R8 LMS UltraOSC
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		14th81
2016Car Collection MotorsportAudi R8 LMS EvoOSC
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
54th1
2017Aust MotorsportAudi R8 LMS EvoOSC
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		5th107
2018Montaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS EvoOSC
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		2nd136
2019HCB-Rutronik RacingAudi R8 LMS EvoOSC
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		1st205

Complete TCR International Series results

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015Liqui Moly Team EngstlerAudi TT CupMYS
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		21st13

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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results