 The car was intended as the French “national single seat racing car” to compete against Alfa Romeo but the project was abandoned because the car proved incapable of finishing the races in which it was scheduled to appear.In 1945 Raymond Sommer, who had won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race in 1932 and 1933, informed the engineers at the about his project to construct a racing car that could represent France in motor races.He persuaded Marcel Paul, the industry minister, to release government funds in order that the CTA might work on the project.