BMW has completed its DTM line-up for the 2019 s🐼eason by confirming 19-year-old Sheldon van der Li♔nde in its final race seat.

Van der Linde finished asꦬ runner-up in the ADAC GT Masters in 2018,💫 taking 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 f♒ull-seaso🍬n DTM line-up for 2019, replacing Augusto Farfus.

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

"I’m very proud to be continuing a family tradition 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 for the tru๊st."

BMW motorsport&nb🐬sp;🐟director Jens Marquardt added: “It is great to have another talented youngster in our team. Sheldon made a fantastic impression at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM at the Young Driver Test in mid-December.

"Prior to that, we had been following his career in GT racing very𓃲 carefully. Sheldon’s speed and versatility make him the perfect additionꩵ 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 Glock, Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann, Joel Eriksson and Bruno Spengler in BMW's DTM line-up for 2019, with the new se😼ason set to begin at Hockenheim on May 4.