Bonneville 400

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The Bonneville400 is a project by BAR Honda to set an official world speed record in a Formula One car, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA. The car is on a BAR-007 chassis in full FIA spec, but with altered wings to reduce drag. It is driven by the BAR test driver Alan van der Merwe.

The goal is to break the 400 km/h (249 mph) mark in both directions. In testing, the car has reached over 410 km/h (255 mph).

The world land speed record was set by Thrust SSC in 1997, at a speed of 1,220 km/h (the speed of sound).

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