Kelvin van der Linde

Kelvin van der Linde (born 20 June 1996) is a South African racing driver currently competing in the ADAC GT Masters. He made his debut in 2014, also winning the championship that year.

Racing career

Van der Linde started his racing career in karting at the age of 8 in 2006. He won two South African Karting Championships in 2008 and 2010.

In 2011, van der Linde became the youngest ever driver to compete in Volkswagen Cup South Africa at age 14. At the end of the 2011 season, van der Linde won the Volkswagen Cup rookie championship as well as finishing 3rd in his debut season in the series. In 2012, van der Linde became South Africa’s youngest ever national champion at the age of 16 years and 128 days old when he won the Volkswagen Cup South Africa, the previous record was held by his uncle, Etienne van der Linde, who won the South African National Formula Vee title in 1994 at the age of 16 years and 270 days.

In 2013, van der Linde made even more history when he won his first International Championship. At the age of 17, he 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. In 2014, van der Linde again defied the odds by becoming the youngest ever ADAC GT Masters pole sitter, race winner and championship winner.^[1]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

^† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

• Kelvin van der Linde career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website