Kelvin van der Linde

Kelvin van der Linde is the kind of name casual fans miss but motorsport people swear by. A South African with German racing roots, he made his mark in touring and GT racing rather than the open-wheel ladder that grabs headlines, and I find that path more interesting. Two ADAC GT Masters titles and multiple wins at the Nurburgring 24 Hours tell me everything about his endurance pedigree. That race is a beast, and winning it once is a career highlight, let alone three times. His move into BMW Motorsport reads like a driver who earns his seats on raw results, not marketing.

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Name (English)

Kelvin van der Linde

Name (Japanese)

ケルビン・ファン・デル・リンデ

Reading

けるびん・ふぁん・でる・りんで

Born

June 20, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

• Official sitehttps://kelvinvanderlinde.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%20van%20der%20Linde
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16735864

Tags

• Gauteng
• racing driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.