Sport 360° sit down with UAE single seat kart driver Maurits Knopjes to discuss his achievements in the sport and find out about his passions both on and off the track.
Name: Maurits Knopjes
Years with the sport: Over 20 years.
Titles/podiums: Five times UAE champion in Senior Max and DD1 overall, 3rd and 7th in World Finals DD2 Masters, three-time Middle East endurance champion, Dutch Senior Max champion 2005.
Favourite childhood memory of sport: Goose bumps watching karts.
Favourite driver/rider growing up: Ayrton Senna.
Best driver/biker/karter at the moment: Lewis Hamilton.
Other sports you have played and to what standard: None.
Greatest achievement in any sport: 3rd in World Finals.
If you could be a pro in any sport: Formula One.
Favourite meal: Pasta.
Favourite place in the UAE: Home.
