THE 21ST CENTURY SUPERVANS

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In the first round of the reimagined DTM racing series for 2021 at Monza in Italy, qualifying for Saturday’s first race started badly for Sheldon van der Linde in his BMW M6 GT3. While older brother Kelvin initially topped the time sheets in his Audi R8 LMS, Sheldon was languishing at the back of the grid and his fellow BMW drivers weren’t doing much better.

By the end of Sunday’s feature race at the famous Cathedral of Speed, both of the Van der Lindes were flying high. Kelvin drove to an emphatic race win and Sheldon took a hard-fought third place in the 19-car field. What’s more, Kelvin was leading the championship as the teams headed to the Lausitzring in Saxony for round two.

The new DTM series sees Sheldon (22) and Kelvin (25) go head to head in the same series for the first time in Europe.