Red Bull Driftbrother, Elias Hountondji of Germany poses for a photograph at the Red Bull World of Racing exhibition in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, Switzerland, on April 7, 2022.
Red Bull Driftbrother, Elias Hountondji of Germany poses for a photograph at the Red Bull Media World exhibition in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, Switzerland, on April 7, 2022.

Elias
Hountondji

Germany

Germany

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Drifting

Drifting is a family affair for German driver Elias Hountondji, who's a trained aerospace engineer as well as being a Driftbrother.

Date of birth

25 December 1985

Place of birth

Ingolstadt

Age

40

Nationality

Germany

Germany

Career start

2009

Disciplines

Drift Racing

German driver Elias Hountondji is part of the Red Bull Driftbrothers team in the King Of Europe drifting series alongside his brother, Joe.
As a trained aerospace engineer, Elias is responsible for all technical projects of the team and every adaptation to the car must be approved by him.
“I’ve always been fascinated with cars,” says Eli, who started drift racing after drifting his brother's old BMW E30 in 2009. After that they were both hooked on the sport, so they entered a few amateur tournaments – and won them all. “My brother actually used that old thing to drive to work, so after each track day it was up to me to get it run smoothly again. This was the start of a challenging path – from a rusted old E30 and amateur track days to where we are now.”
What started out as a hobby is now a full-on sporting career for Elias and his family, as is father and sister are also involved in the team. Watch out for him ripping up the tracks of Europe!