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
Age: 41

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.