Kunio Matsuura, formerly the lead racing rotary engine developer for Mazda's rotary engine research division, gave a lecture on November 28 at the Hiroshima Transportation Museum, in the Asaminami-ku of Hiroshima City. This was the second in the series "Come and listen to racing rotary engine developer Kunio Matsuura," the previous lecture was held in October. The attendance was higher for this second lecture, and the subject was covered in further detail.

Mr. Matsuura was able to provide many useful insights from his experience at the forefront of motorsport. He talked and showed pictures of the engine swap that the team were forced to do on the RX-3 during the 1978 24 hours of Daytona endurance race in Florida, U.S.A. This experience was very difficult mentally, but he said "As the developer it was embarrassing, but I am able to talk about it now." Even after such a difficult race they always held a review meeting and received many ideas on improvements from the race engineers. The overall victory in the 1991 Le Mans 24 hours was also no exception. Mr. Matsuura looked back fondly on the event saying "We received over 250 plans for improvements from the leaders of each area, based on the previous year's race. These problems were each resolved by the relevant person, and we were able to win the following year because of these improvements"

The lecture concluded on a lively note with questions from the floor such as "What are the essentials to be able to complete a 24 hour race?" and "What kind of things do you eat while competing in Le Mans?" Mr. Matsuura finished by saying "I'm very happy that I can support Mazda with events such as this."