| Sheldon van der Linde | ||
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| File:Sheldon van der Linde.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  South African
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| P.o.B. | Johannesburg, South Africa
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| D.o.B. | 13 May 1999 | |
| Début |  2019 Hockenheim Opening Race 1
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| Best Finish | 13th (2019) | |
| DTM Career | ||
| Entries | 18 (18 Starts) | |
| Wins | 0 | |
| Poles | 1 | |
| F.L.s | 0 | |
| Points | 42 | |
| Current Season | ||
| Team |  BMW Team RBM
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| Car | BMW M4 Turbo DTM | |
| Number | Standings | Points |
| 31 | 9th | 55 |
Sheldon van der Linde (born 13 May 1999 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African racing driver, who competes in the 2020 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for BMW Team RBM.[1] A factory driver for BMW Motorsport, van der Linde debuted in the DTM in 2019, having previously raced in the Audi Sport TT Cup in support of the series.[2]
van der Linde joined the DTM in 2019, with BMW placing him in Team RBM alongside Joel Eriksson for the full season.[2] A mixed debut campaign saw van der Linde claim points on his race debut and a maiden pole position in Zolder, en-route to claiming thirteenth in the Championship.[3]
Background[]
van der Linde began his career in karting at the age of eight, and would progress through the ranks in pursuit of his elder brother Kelvin.[4] However, rather than enter single-seaters, van der Linde would move into the South Africa Polo Cup in 2014 for his first senior racing series, and duly claimed the Championship with four victories.[4] For 2015 van der Linde would sign up and win the Volkswagen Cup South Africa, before moving to the European theatre for the 2016 season.[4]
TTs and GTs: 2016 - 2019[]
The Audi Sport TT Cup would be van der Linde's home for the 2016 campaign, with the South African racer winning on his debut before fading to fourth in the Championship, held in support of the DTM.[4] For 2017 van der Linde would move into a variety of series, including Benelux TCR, ADAC GT Masters and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, claiming a debut win in the latter at Petit Le Mans.[4] 2018 saw van der Linde become a pseudo-factory driver for BMW, as their customers in the ADAC GT Masters and WeatherTech Championship Land-Motorsport hired him for campaigns in both.[4]
van der Linde duly finished as runner-up in the ADAC GT Masters in 2018, while was ultimately an also-ran in the WeatherTech Championship having only completed half of the season.[4] The South African racer would also make a handful of appearances in the Blancpain GT Series for Team WRT, claiming tenth in the Endurance Cup.[4]
DTM History[]
van der Linde was offered the chance to join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship ahead of the 2019 Season, with BMW placing him in Team RBM alongside Joel Eriksson.[2] van der Linde would make an impressive debut at the 2019 Hockenheim Opening Race 1, battling to sixth to claim debut points after a race long fight with Loïc Duval.[5] A less impressive run for van der Linde followed in the following race, with the South African racer failing to threaten the points after getting stuck behind Ferdinand von Habsburg.[6]
Rookie Rumbles: 2019[]
van der Linde would fail to score at the third race of the season in Zolder, before sweeping to his maiden DTM pole in the Second Race.[7] Unfortunately for van der Linde his hopes of victory were ruined by a mid-race Safety Car, which resulted in the South African racer slipping down to fifth, having led until his stop.[7] Two ninth places finishes for van der Linde followed at Misano, before the South African racer retired from both Norising Races with damage.[8]
Tenth place in the 2019 Assen Race 1 would follow for van der Linde, before a disappointing run to fifteenth in the Second Race, after early contact with Bruno Spengler spun him to the back of the field.[9] The following two races in Brands Hatch saw van der Linde score minor points, with a strong showing in the second race seeing the South African racer storm up from fifteenth after his stop to seventh.[10] However, van der Linde's form would deteriorate after that point, failing to score in either race at the Lausitzring.[11]
A brief spark for van der Linde came at the Nürburgring, as the South African racer battled to seventh in a queue of cars behind Duval.[12] However, van der Linde would fail to score in the final three races of the season, and would notably tangle with guest driver Jenson Button at a Safety Car restart in the 2019 Hockenheim Finale Race 1.[3] His demise in form would see him slide to thirteenth in the Championship with 42 points, having been the best placed rookie until that point.[3]
Sophomore Success?: 2020[]
van der Linde was retained by BMW and Team RBM for the 2020 season, with Philipp Eng moved across to serve as his teammate.[1]
Full DTM Record[]
Sheldon van der Linde's full results from his 18 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.
DTM Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Sheldon van der Linde during their DTM career:
| Sheldon van der Linde's Overall DTM Record | ||||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
| 2019 | BMW Team RBM[2]
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31 | BMW M4 Turbo DTM | 13th | 42 | File:VDL 19 Livery.png |
| 2020 | BMW Team RBM[1]
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31 | BMW M4 Turbo DTM | File:VDL 20 Livery.png | ||
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Sheldon van der Linde's full DTM record.
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
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13th | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||||
| 6th | 14th | 11th | 5th | 9th | 9th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 15th | 8th | 7th | 16th | 11th | 7th | 16th | 16th | 13th | |||||
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11th | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||||
| Results Key | ||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Scorer | NC | Not Classified | |
| Italics | Fastest Lap | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| 16th | Non-points finish | † | Non-Championship Race | |
| Bold | Pole Position | 3 | Points for Qualifying | |
References[]
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References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSvdL20A - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 'SHELDON VAN DER LINDE CONFIRMED AS SIXTH BMW DRIVER', dtm.com, (ITR GmbH, 17/01/2019), https://www.dtm.com/en/news/sheldon-van-der-linde-confirmed-sixth-bmw-driver-2019-01-17.html, (Accessed 22/01/2019)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tamara Aller, 'René Rast sails to seventh victory in penultimate race of 2019', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 05/10/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/10/05/rene-rast-sails-seventh-victory-penultimate-race-2019/, (Accessed 13/04/2020) Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "HocF19R2" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 'Sheldon van der Linde', driverdb.com, (Driver DataBase, 2020), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sheldon-van-der-linde/, (Accessed 27/05/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Marco Wittmann wins rain hampered season opener at Hockenheim', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 04/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/04/marco-wittmann-wins-rain-hampered-season-opener-hockenheim/, (Accessed 08/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast goes from 16th to take victory at Hockenheim', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 05/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/05/rene-rast-completes-a-strong-race-to-take-victory-at-hockenheim/, (Accessed 09/04/2020)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tamara Aller, 'René Rast wins incident-packed second race at Zolder', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 19/05/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/05/19/rene-rast-wins-incident-packed-second-race-zolder/, (Accessed 09/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Bruno Spengler claims his first DTM win since 2017 at the Norisring', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 07/07/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/07/07/bruno-spengler-claims-first-dtm-win-since-2017-norisring/, (Accessed 10/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'Marco Wittmann masters the rain to take his third victory of the year', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 20/07/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/07/20/marco-wittmann-masters-rain-take-third-victory-year/, (Accessed 11/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast claims dominating 1-2-3-4 victory for Audi at Brands Hatch', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 11/08/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/08/11/rene-rast-claims-dominating-1-2-3-4-victory-audi-brands-hatch/, (Accessed 11/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast wins second race at Lausitzring as Audi wraps up manufacturers’ title', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 25/08/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/08/25/rene-rast-wins-second-race-lausitzring-audi-wraps-manufacturers-title/, (Accessed 12/04/2020)
- ↑ Tamara Aller, 'René Rast sails to Nürburgring victory and edges closer to title', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 14/09/2019), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/09/14/rene-rast-sails-nurburgring-victory-edges-closer-title/, (Accessed 12/04/2020)
| 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Aston Martin • Audi • BMW |
| Car/engine |
| Aston Martin Vantage DTM • HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t • Audi RS5 Turbo DTM • RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t • BMW M4 Turbo DTM • P48 2.0l I4t |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Audi Sport Team WRT • BMW Team RBM • BMW Team RMG • BMW Team RMR • R-Motorsport I • R-Motorsport II |
| Drivers |
| 3 Paul di Resta • 4 Robin Frijns • 7 Bruno Spengler • 11 Marco Wittmann • 16 Timo Glock • 21 Pietro Fittipaldi • 23 Daniel Juncadella • 25 Philipp Eng • 27 Jonathan Aberdein • 28 Loïc Duval • 31 Sheldon van der Linde • 33 René Rast • 34 Andrea Dovizioso • 47 Joel Eriksson • 51 Nico Müller • 53 Jamie Green • 62 Ferdinand von Habsburg • 76 Jake Dennis • 99 Mike Rockenfeller |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening 1 • Hockenheim Opening 2 • Zolder 1 • Zolder 2 • Misano 1 • Misano 2 • Norisring 1 • Norisring 2 • Assen 1 • Assen 2 • Brands Hatch 1 • Brands Hatch 2 • Lausitzring 1 • Lausitzring 2 • Nürburgring 1 • Nürburgring 2 • Hockenheim Finale 1 • Hockenheim Finale 2 |
| Non-Championship Races |
| Dream Race 1 • Dream Race 2 |
| Tests |
| 2019 Lausitzring Test • 2019 Rookie Test |
| Related Content |
| 2018 DTM Season • 2020 DTM Season • W Series Championship • Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers/Tyres |
| Audi • BMW • Hankook |
| Car/engine |
| Audi RS5 Turbo DTM • RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t • BMW M4 Turbo DTM • P48 2.0l I4t |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Audi Sport Team WRT • BMW Team ART Orlen • BMW Team RBM • BMW Team RMG • BMW Team RMR |
| Drivers |
| 4 Robin Frijns • 10 Harrison Newey • 11 Marco Wittmann • 13 Fabio Scherer • 16 Timo Glock • 19 Benoît Tréluyer • 22 Lucas Auer • 25 Philipp Eng • 27 Jonathan Aberdein • 28 Loïc Duval • 31 Sheldon van der Linde • 33 René Rast • 51 Nico Müller • 53 Jamie Green • 62 Ferdinand von Habsburg • 88 Robert Kubica • 99 Mike Rockenfeller • Ed Jones |
| Races |
| Spa 1 • Spa 2 • Lausitz 1 • Lausitz 2 • Lausitzring 1 • Lausitzring 2 • Assen 1 • Assen 2 • Nürburg 1 • Nürburg 2 • Nürburgring 1 • Nürburgring 2 • Zolder I Race 1 • Zolder I Race 2 • Zolder II Race 1 • Zolder II Race 2 • Hockenheim 1 • Hockenheim 2 |
| Tests |
| 2020 Nürburgring Test |
| Related Content |
| 2019 DTM Season • 2021 DTM Season • DTM Trophy • Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
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