2021 BMW M4 Competition With Top-Mounted Exhaust Goes Tandem Drifting

Munich. Let’s drift! The two new BMW M4 Level of competition models (blended gasoline consumption: ten.two – nine.nine l/a hundred km according to WLTP blended CO2 emissions: 233 – 227 g/km according to WLTP) currently being pushed by the Crimson Bull Driftbrothers are now prepared for the racetrack. Backed by the BMW M GmbH, the brothers Elias Hountondji (35) and Johannes Hountondji (40) have concluded the conversion and planning of their new autos for the 2021 season of the Drift Masters European Championship. On ten and 11 July in the course of the season start of the series in Greinbach (AUT), the Driftbrothers will be taking the BMW M4 Level of competition to the starting grid for the really 1st time.

“I am deeply amazed with what the Crimson Bull Driftbrothers have managed to coax out of our autos and want both equally of them every accomplishment for the start of the season. The result also shows how fantastic a basis the BMW M4 Level of competition gives for motorsport use. From the start of its enhancement, we experienced developed the generation automobile to also type the basis for our GT icon, the BMW M4 GT3, which we officially presented in the course of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring practically two months back,” claims Markus Flasch, CEO of the BMW M GmbH.

Elias and Johannes Hountondji have modified both equally BMW M4 Level of competition models comprehensively in order to adapt them to the specific requires of drifting. They doubled the peak effectiveness of the straight six-cylinder electricity unit of the BMW M4 Level of competition to 1,050 hp and increased optimum torque to practically 1,300 Nm, this currently being completely essential for drifting. Elias Hountondji speaks with admiration for the generation engine’s massive likely. “It is by character a real racing motor in a street-legal motor vehicle, so to speak. When you glimpse at every single element of this motor, it is obvious that several engineers have put a good deal of believed into producing an optimal style and design,” the more youthful of the two Driftbrothers claims. In order to attain the massive boost in effectiveness, the two brothers mounted, among other issues, a specific, specially productive cooling circuit alongside with an added second cooler at the rear.

Furthermore, the aerodynamics were thoroughly modified and optimised for drifting. Besides benefitting from their individual expertise, the Driftbrothers also relied on the knowledge of BMW style and design industry experts. Practically all newly developed aerodynamics components were produced solely at BMW M Prototype Construction. “It was a excellent honour for us to collaborate with industry experts from the style and design and prototype development departments. With their enable we were in a position to put into action our ideas flawlessly,” claims Johannes Hountondji.

For illustration, the Driftbrothers’ BMW M4 Level of competition was fitted with a new BMW kidney grille to optimise the provide of air to the motor compartment.

On top of that, carbon was applied to develop a new spoiler lip (gurney) for the tailgate, side coverings for the rear diffuser and attachments for the side sills from the M Performance Sections portfolio. These were complemented by so-termed winglets, which optimise airflow at the front splitter and guiding the front wheels as properly as in front of the rear wheels. Need to the need to have crop up in the course of the course of the season, the generation of an air scoop for the bonnet would also be achievable.

Subsequent the season start in Austria, the Crimson Bull Driftbrothers will be competing in a even further three rounds of the Drift Masters European Championship, the world’s main drift series. The second and the third spherical will be held in Riga (LAT) on thirty/31 August, the season finale in Tiflis (GEO) on 4/five October.

The Crimson Bull Driftbrothers have participated in the Drift Masters European Championship due to the fact 2018. The forty five most effective motorists from Europe, the Usa and the Center East compete in this invitation series. For some several years now, Elias and Johannes Hountondji have rated among the prime motorists in the drifting scene and were, among other successes, 2017 King of Europe champion and vice champion. In 2016 and 2017, they also seized the group title there. Furthermore, this yr, the brothers will be generating visitor appearances in the course of the MotoGP race at the Sachsenring (GER) and the Crimson Bull Ring (AUT), as properly as in the course of the Austrian Components 1 Grand Prix, furthermore at the Crimson Bull Ring.