After a very successful season partnering Rene Rast in the ADAC GT Masters Championship, Kelvin van der Linde will make a guest appearance at the final round of the Blancpain Sprint Series with Christopher Mies in an Audi R8 LMS at the Baku street circuit. …
Kelvin van der Linde (ZA) has regained the lead in the overall standings after the sixth race weekend of the ADAC GT Masters at the Nürburgring (D). The Volkswagen junior, overall winner of the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup in 2013, finished in sixth place alongside his …
This past weekend, Kelvin van der Linde reached another new milestone in his career path towards DTM. After several good outings with Audi in the German ADAC GT Masters Championship, Kelvin was provided with the opportunity to drive Audi’s 2013 RS5 DTM Taxi car whilst …
Dainfern, Johannesburg matric student Kelvin van der Linde and his German teammate René Rast (Audi R8 LMS ultra) scored their 10th top ten finish from as many races at the fifth round of the ADAC GT Masters championship for GT3 sports cars at the Slovakia …
Five different super sports car marques take wins in first eight races. Championship leaders van der Linde/Rast secure points in every race for the Audi R8. High-five: Cars from five different marques clinched wins in the first eight races of the season. Porsche 911, Mercedes-Benz …
The eagerly awaited advanced driving workshop was finally upon us. Although everyone was keen to start another workshop it was also tinged with sadness, as it was to be our last as an Academy group.Day One It was an early start on Day One but …
Kelvin van der Linde has won the Driver of the Year award for the 2014 Young Driver Excellence Academy.The 18-year old was presented with the trophy at the graduation ceremony, held at the end of the final workshop, which took place at the Paul Ricard …
This year’s FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy meets for its final workshop this week (7-11 July) at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, France, where the focus will be on advanced driving skills. The workshop offers the drivers the chance to demonstrate their …
Teenage South African motor racing prodigy Kelvin van der Linde (17), combined with Germany’s René Rast (27), to finish 10th and second in a Prosperia C. Abt Audi R8 in the two one-hour races that made up the fourth round of the ADAC GT Masters …
A difficult weekend was predicted at the third round of the ADAC GT Masters for Prosperia C. Abt Racing. On extreme high speed circuits such as the Lausitzring, the Audi R8 LMS Ultra suffers from a significant top speed disadvantage on its bigger engined rivals …