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Lorenzo Bandini
Lorenzo Bandini (1935–1967), Italian Ferrari Formula 1 and sports car driver; won the 1964 Austrian GP, 1963 Le Mans, 1965 Targa Florio, and 1967 Daytona; died after the 1967 Monaco GP crash.
Lorenzo Patrese
Lorenzo Patrese (born 2005) is an Italian GT and endurance racing driver, son of former F1 driver Riccardo Patrese; 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Silver champion, 2026 Le Mans debutant with Kessel Racing Ferrari.
Loris Campana
Loris Campana (1926–2015), Italian amateur track pursuit cyclist. Olympic gold in the men's team pursuit at Helsinki 1952 with De Rossi, Messina, Morettini; world bronze 1952, silver 1953; Italian pursuit champion 1955.
Lothar Claesges
Lothar Claesges (1942–2021), West German track cyclist from Krefeld; won 1964 Tokyo Olympic team pursuit gold with Link, Henrichs, Streng by 0.07s over Italy, and world team pursuit titles in 1962 and 1964.
Lothar Thoms
Lothar Thoms (1956–2017), East German track cyclist, 1,000 m time trial specialist; Olympic gold at Moscow 1980 in world-record 1:02.955 and four consecutive world titles (1977–1979, 1981).
Lotte Kopecky
Lotte Kopecky, Belgian cyclist born 1995 in Rumst, rides for Team SD Worx-Protime. Two-time road world champion (2023, 2024), six track world titles, Paris-Roubaix 2024 and three Tour of Flanders wins.
Lotus F1
Lotus F1 names Team Lotus (1958–1994, Colin Chapman, 79 wins, 7 constructors' titles) and the 2012–2015 Enstone Lotus F1 Team (ex-Renault, Raikkonen's 2012–13 wins), which Renault bought back in December 2015.
Louis Bastien
Louis Bastien (Eugène Louis Bastien, 1881–1963), French track cyclist who won the 1900 Paris Olympic 25 km gold in 25:36.2 and the 1900 world motor-paced title; also a disputed 1900 épée fencing entrant.
Louis Chaillot
Louis Chaillot (Louis Paul Fernand Chaillot, 1914–1998), French track cyclist; Olympic tandem sprint champion with Maurice Perrin and sprint silver medalist at Los Angeles 1932, sprint bronze at Berlin 1936, later professional motor-paced world bronze medalist in 1946.
Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (1878-1941), Swiss-born American racing driver and engineer, co-founded Chevrolet Motor Company with Durant in 1911, won ten National Championship races, and built the Frontenac Indy 500 winners of 1920 and 1921.
Louis Chiron
Louis Chiron (1899–1979), Monégasque Grand Prix driver; won 1931 Monaco GP in a Bugatti Type 51, 21 pre-war Grands Prix, French GP 1947 and 1949, oldest F1 starter at 55.
Louis Sharp
Louis Sharp, New Zealand and British racing driver born 2007, raised in Christchurch; first back-to-back British F4 (2023) and GB3 (2024) champion with Rodin, now in FIA Formula 3.
Luca Marini
Luca Marini (born 1997, Urbino) is an Italian MotoGP rider, Valentino Rossi's half-brother, 2020 Moto2 runner-up, ex-VR46 Ducati rider, Honda HRC factory rider 2024-2026, and Tech3 KTM signing for 2027-2028.
Lucas Cruz
Lucas Cruz Senra (born 1974, Barcelona), Spanish co-driver and computer engineer; won the Dakar Rally four times navigating Carlos Sainz with Volkswagen, Peugeot, Mini, and Audi, including the first electric-vehicle win in 2024.
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP), Indianapolis, Indiana: NHRA-owned multipurpose track opened 1960, home of the NHRA U.S. Nationals since 1961, with a drag strip, 0.625/0.686-mile oval, and NASCAR Truck and ARCA races.
Lucien Choury
Lucien Eugène Choury (1898-1987), French track cyclist nicknamed Chouchou or La Bosse; 1924 Paris Olympic tandem sprint gold medalist with Jean Cugnot, also fourth in team pursuit and a non-finisher in the 50 km.
Lucien Michard
Lucien Michard (Lucien Henri Michard, 1903-1985), French track sprint cyclist nicknamed Le tacticien; 1924 Olympic 1,000 m sprint champion and six-time world sprint champion (1923-24 amateur, 1927-30 professional).
Lucien Victor
Lucien Victor (Lucien Honoré Victor, 1931–1995), Belgian road cyclist from Oekene; Olympic gold in the 1952 Helsinki team road race with Noyelle and Grondelaers, fourth individually; won 1952 under-23 Tour of Flanders and 1954 Omloop van het Houtland.
Luigi Arienti
Luigi Arienti was an Italian track cyclist who won gold in the men's 4,000-meter team pursuit at the 1960 Rome Olympics, then rode professionally until retiring in 1972.
Luigi Tasselli
Luigi Tasselli (1901–1971) was an Italian track cyclist who won the gold medal in the men's 4,000-meter team pursuit at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Luka Sammalisto
Luka Sammalisto, Finnish racing driver (born 2007) for US Racing; 2026 Italian Formula 4 champion, first Finn to win that title, with 374 points and 9 wins; also won 2026 E4 races and signed with Trident for FREC.
Luna Fluxá
Luna Fluxá (Luna Fluxá Cross), Spanish karting champion born 2010 in Mallorca; first female Mercedes-AMG F1 junior (2022), 2021 IAME Euro X30 Mini and 2024 Champions of the Future Academy OK champion, racing Spanish F4 with Campos Racing in 2026.
Lutz Heßlich
Lutz Heßlich (born 1959, Ortrand) is a German former track sprint cyclist; East Germany's double Olympic sprint champion (Moscow 1980, Seoul 1988) and four-time amateur world sprint champion (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987), later founder of a Cottbus bicycle business.
Lydden Hill Race Circuit
Lydden Hill Race Circuit is a one-mile mixed-surface motorsport venue near Canterbury, Kent, and the birthplace of rallycross, first held there on 4 February 1967 and won by Vic Elford in a Porsche 911.
M-Sport
M-Sport is a British motorsport engineering company and racing team founded by former rally driver Malcolm Wilson in 1979, based at Dovenby Hall in Cumbria, and operating Ford's World Rally Championship team since 1997.
Macau Grand Prix (澳门格兰披治大赛车)
The Macau Grand Prix is an annual November street race meeting on Macau's Guia Circuit, first held in 1954 and famed as a proving ground for rising stars.
Maddi Gordon
Maddi Gordon (Madison Gordon, born 2004) is an American NHRA Top Fuel driver from Paso Robles, California, racing for Ron Capps Motorsports; 2026 rookie, 100th female NHRA national event winner, first Top Fuel win at Norwalk 2026.
Madison (cycling)
Madison (cycling), or L'Américaine: two-rider relay points race in track cycling, originating at Madison Square Garden in six-day racing; Olympic men's event 2000-2008 and since Tokyo 2020, when the first women's Madison was held.
Madison at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The madison at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships is a two-rider relay race where partners swap by a handsling, contested by men since 1995 and women since 2017.
Madras
Madras, or Madras International Circuit (MIC), formerly Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT), is India's first permanent racing circuit, opened 1990 at Irungattukottai near Chennai; 3.717 km, 12 turns, FIA Grade 2, owned by Madras Motor Sports Club.