1988 Le Mans yearbook, Speed record:
As a small team, WM Secateva, with a tiny budget, they knew they had no chance of winning but they had a history of building very low-drag cars which were often the quickest on the Mulsanne straight so they decided to go for the publicity of being the first car to do 400kph in the race. Thus was born 'Project 400'. In 1987 they managed it in pre-race testing on an airfield runway but fell some way short at the track.
They built a new car for 1988 with even lower drag and went for it about 3 hours into the race with cooling intakes taped over for further drag reduction and Roger Dorchy achieved a speed of 407kph (251mph). The engine was then finished and the car wheeled away at the end of the lap by a happy team. Incidentaly, Michelin supplied WM with special narrow tyres to aid the drag reduction quest.
Obviamente antes de esas 2 chicanas ...
