Red Arrows race Olympic sprinter for ITV science show

A British Olympic sprinter raced a Red Arrows jet to demonstrate the science of acceleration and speed for a new ITV television show.

Adam Gemili ran side-by-side with an aircraft from the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, as the jet took off from a runway.

Cameras filmed the action at RAF Scampton – the Lincolnshire home of the Red Arrows – for ITV’s It’s Not Rocket Science show.

Tune in to ITV at 8pm on 16th February to find out who won Credit: RAF Red Arrows

The new six-part series, which begins on Tuesday, February 16 at 8pm, celebrates science, technology, engineering and maths through big-scale experiments and demonstrations.

Adam Gemili – who competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games and is a world junior and European U23 100-metre champion – ran on a specially-constructed track, at a safe distance from the Red Arrows’ Hawk jet, taking off from the runway at RAF Scampton.