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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan will be represented at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals 2013 world championships on kart racing in the U.S., due on November 13-16 in New Orleans.

Azerbaijan won the right to participate in the championship after 16-year-old driver Gulhuseyn Abdullayev became the champion of Turkey on kart racing for adults, which was held in Istanbul on August 3-4.

"This is my first win in this category and it will give me a very good impetus to do well at the upcoming World Cup in the United States," Abdullayev said.

Abdullayev took part in the championship in the "senior" category, in which he was the second, behind Orjun Aydemir. However, in the second and third races he outperformed his rivals and ranked first.

"Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals is the biggest event in the sport with the best pilots from 60 countries participating," Abdullayev said. "I am the champion of Azerbaijan, but since kart racing competitions are not held in our country, I have to compete in Turkey. Only those who have won the competition can participate in championships. Since 2011, I have tried to take part in such competitions, but only 2013 has been successful in this regard as I won Rotax Max Challenge Turkey in the "Junior" category and won the right to participate at the World Cup in the United States. I am proud that for the first time Azerbaijan will be represented at the world championships on kart racing in the United States. What could be better than a 16-year-old guy raising the flag of Azerbaijan in the United States? I am very excited ahead of the event."

The Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) is a kart racing series owned and organized worldwide by BRP-Rotax and its distributors, approved and complying with CIK-FIA. The competition takes place on national, international and continental levels which culminates with the Grand Finals once a year.