BBC NEWS
Blind Belgian breaks speed record
Belgian Luc Costermans
has broken the world blind road speed
record, on an airstrip in France.
Mr Costermans topped
308.78km/h (192 mph) while driving a
Lamborghini Gallardo supercar at Istres, near Marseille, in southern France.
Mr Costermans thanked
his co-pilot Guillaume Roman, saying:
""I'm very, very happy. It's a team effort."
Mr Costermans took the
record from Briton Mike Newman, whose
BMW M5 reached 268km/h three years ago.
Dedication
Mr Costermans, 43, was
blinded in an accident four years
ago.
He hit the top speed in two runs in the borrowed car.
He dedicated his effort
to the Formula 1 racing driver Philippe
Streiff, who has been a tetraplegic since
suffering an accident in a Grand Prix in
Brazil in 1989.
Two years ago Mr
Costermans completed a tour of France piloting
a light aeroplane.
He was accompanied by an instructor and a navigator.
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