News & Events

2 July, 2015

Following the success of last year, FUEL – High Preformance IT – are once again delighted to be the official IT Partner of the Ulster Grand Prix – “The World’s fastest road race” – for 2015.

FUEL will be deploying IT support engineers on-site as part of a state of the art IT technology system to support all elements of the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix, “the world’s fastest road race” between 3rd – 8th August this year at the renowned Dundrod circuit.

Work has already begun on the UGP’s IT platform with FUEL providing strategic IT advice to the organisers on the new ‘David Wood Ulster Grand Prix House’ and in restructuring the organisers e-Mail platform which is now fully live and operational.
FUEL will provide the mobile and desktop PC’s in a number of the organiser’s offices including the official race control room and the scrutineer’s office providing access to race information and forming the backbone of the communications network surrounding the race.
As the event’s official IT partner, FUEL’s experts will be taking the lead advising on the deployment of technology to gain the best possible functionality for the organising staff in the build-up to and during Race week.
Paul Trouton, CEO of FUEL said: “We are delighted to be back supporting the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix for 2015 and look forward to working with the team throughout the event. The hardware and software we are providing will help to further and develop the growing brand of the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix, which continues to make great strides forward year after year. We are delighted to be associated with such a prestigious and long running event and wish the organising committee and the competitors another successful week.”

Noel Johnston, Clerk of the Course at the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix said: “We all enjoy working with such a dynamic and forward thinking IT company. The technology FUEL supply during Bike Week is a tremendous support for the team who work hard behind the scenes to make sure the event runs smoothly.”