The Red Bull Driftbrothers 1040HP/1280Nm BMW M4 Drift Car Build

🎥 Watch them compete at the Driftmasters European Championship Live on Red Bull TV this weekend: Elias and Johannes Hountondji – aka the Red Bull Driftbrothers – revealed their new BMW M4 Competition drift-racing cars at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Here is all you need to know: After just six months of collaboration with BMW M , the two athletes put the powerful 1,040hp cars to the test on the track for the first time ahead of the 2021 Drift Masters European Championship. The Red Bull Driftbrothers team doubled the maximum output of the BMW M4’s inline six-cylinder engine to 1,040hp and boosted the maximum torque to 1,280Nm, which is particularly important in drift racing. They also optimised the aerodynamics for transverse driving. Active support came from BMW design experts, while most of the aerodynamic parts were custom-made. It’s a big leap from Elias Hountondji’s first BMW E30 from the ’80s. He said: “Ther