BMW has completed its DTM line-up for▨ the 201🀅9 season by confirming 19-year-old Sheldon van der Linde in its final race seat.

Van der Linde finished as 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 full-season DTM lꦇine-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 place in t🍷he team for 2019 is incredible," sai🍸d van der Linde.

"I’m ver⭕y proud to be continuing a family tradition from my father with such a famous car manufacturer, and on♐e 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 trust."

BMW motorsport 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 D𝄹TM 🔯at the Young Driver Test in mid-December.

"Prior to that, we had been following his career in GT racing very carefully. Sheldon’s speed and versatility make him the perfect addition to our BMW M Motor🌺sport 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 season set to begin at Hockenheim on May 4.