Sheldon van der Linde will make his DTM debut in 2019, as he replaces Augusto Farfus in BMW's factory line-up.

BMW has retained five of the six drivers it fielded in the category last year, but Farfus's decision to focus on campaigns in the World Endurance Championship and the World Touring Car Cup left an opening in its roster.

The spot has now been filled by 19-year-old van der Linde, who has contested a variety of touring car and GT championships since leaving his native South Africa as a two-time champion of the national Volkswagen Cup in 2015.