BMW has completed its DTM line-up for the 2019 season by conꦺfirming 19-year-old Sheldon 𒁏van der Linde in its final race seat.

Van der Linde finished as runner-up in the ADAC GT Masters in 2018, tak🍌ing two race wins, and was handed his maiden run-out in a DTM car at the end-of-year test with BMW.

BMW announced on Thursday that van der Linde would be completing its full-season DTM line-up for 2019, repﷺlacing Augusto Farfus.

"The Young Driver♉ Test in the BMW M4 DTM was already a dream come true for me. To now have a place in the team for 2019 is incredible," said van der Linde.

"I’m very proud to be continuing a family t♚radition from my father with such a famous car manufacturer, and one that is also very popular back home – and to be the first South African ever in the DTM. Ultimately, a big thank you to BMW Motorsport fo🌸r the trust."

BMW motorsport director Jens Marquardt added: “It is great to have another talented youngster in our team. Sh𓄧eldon made a fan✅tastic impression at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM at the Young Driver Test in mid-December.

"Prior to that, we had been following hi🎐s career in GT racing very carefully. Sheldon’s speed and versatility make him the perfect addition to our BMW M Motorsport programme. I am confident that he will find his feet very quickly in the DTM."

Van der Linde joins Timo Glo🍰ck, Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann, Joel Eriksson and Bruno Spengler in BMW's DTM line-up for 2019, with the new season set to begin at Hockenheim on May 4.