Originally Posted by
Beamish Boy
What about 'helitelly' pictures during the race? The helicopter should be above the track for the best view of any racing incidents.
Helis are used for a data link for the MotoGP. It's all co-ordinated with East Mids ATC (obviously) and IIRC, sits in the hover over the track at about 3000ft.
Other heli traffic over the track just moves out of the way when there is a departure from East Mids. But I suppose that the track might try and negotiate a 'no departures during the 3 hours of the race' deal with the airport operator in order to facilitate things. Good luck to them if they do!