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Mario Lusiani
Mario Lusiani (1903-1964), Italian cyclist, Olympic gold medalist in the 4,000 m team pursuit at Amsterdam 1928 with Facciani, Gaioni, and Tasselli; also won the 1926 Piccolo Giro di Lombardia.
Mario Vallotto
Mario Vallotto (1933-1966), Italian track cyclist, gold medalist in the 4,000 m team pursuit at the 1960 Rome Olympics with Arienti, Testa, and Vigna; 1959 world individual pursuit silver behind Rudi Altig and double 1959 Mediterranean Games champion.
Mario Zanin
Mario Zanin (born 3 July 1940, Santa Lucia di Piave, Treviso) is an Italian cyclist who won surprise gold in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic road race, Italy's 100th Olympic gold, beating Rodian and Godefroot in a mass sprint.
Maris Strombergs
Māris Štrombergs, "The Machine", Latvian BMX racer born 1987 in Valmiera; two-time Olympic BMX racing gold medalist (Beijing 2008, London 2012), the only man with two, plus two UCI world titles; retired 2018.
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish, the Manx Missile, is a British road sprinter and knight who holds the all-time Tour de France record of 35 stage wins, breaking Eddy Merckx's 34 at Saint-Vulbas in 2024, with a 2011 world title and 2009 Milan-San Remo.
Mark Gorski
Mark Gorski (born 1960, Evanston, Illinois) is an American track cyclist who won the 1984 Olympic 1,000 m match sprint gold against Nelson Vails, and later managed the US Postal Service cycling team.
Mark Martin
Mark Martin (born 1959, Batesville, Arkansas), NASCAR Hall of Fame driver, 40 Cup wins, 882 starts, five-time championship runner-up, five IROC titles, 96 national-series wins, never won a Cup title.
Mark Webber (racing driver)
Mark Webber, Australian racing driver, 16th Australian F1 driver, 2002-13, 215 starts, 9 wins, 13 poles, first win 2009 German GP, 2010 runner-up to teammate Vettel at Red Bull, later 2015 WEC champion with Porsche.
Markham Street Circuit
Markham Street Circuit: temporary 3.52 km, 12-turn IndyCar street circuit in Markham Centre, Ontario, designed by Tony Cotman, replacing Toronto's Exhibition Place race from 2026; features a double-sided pit lane and Turn 5 hairpin.
Marrakech Moulay el Hassan
Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, also called Marrakech Street Circuit, is a semi-permanent FIA Grade 2 racing circuit in Agdal, Marrakech, Morocco. Opened 2009, redesigned by Tilke in 2016; hosts WTCC/WTCR, Formula E ePrix and TCR World Tour.
Marta García (racing driver)
Marta García López (Marta Garcia Lopez), Spanish racing driver born 2000 in Denia; inaugural F1 Academy champion 2023 with Prema Racing, ex-W Series and FRECA driver, now racing GT3 with Iron Dames.
Martin Brundle
Martin Brundle (born 1959), British former F1 driver (158 GPs, nine podiums, no wins), 1990 Le Mans winner and 1988 World Sportscar champion, now a Sky Sports F1 commentator famous for grid walks.
Martin Donnelly (racing driver)
Martin Donnelly (born 1964, Belfast) is a Northern Irish former Formula 1 driver who raced for Arrows and Lotus in 1989-1990, best finish seventh, until a 1990 Jerez qualifying crash ended his career; he later ran MDR and inspired F1: The Movie.
Martin Rodriguez
Martin Rodriguez, full name Martin Emilio Rodriguez Gutierrez, nicknamed Cochise, Colombian cyclist born 1942 in Medellin; four-time Vuelta a Colombia winner, world 4,000 m pursuit champion, and 1964 and 1968 Olympian.
Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr. (born 1980), American NASCAR driver from Mayetta, New Jersey; 2017 Cup Series champion with Furniture Row Racing, 2004-05 Xfinity champion, 34 Cup wins, retired from full-time competition after 2024.
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway, the Paperclip, is a 0.526-mile paved oval in Martinsville, Virginia, founded in 1947 by H. Clay Earles; the only track hosting NASCAR Cup races every year since 1949, with grandfather clock trophies.
Marty Nothstein
Marty Nothstein (Martin Wayne Nothstein, "The Blade"), American track cyclist born 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania; Olympic match sprint gold at Sydney 2000 and silver at Atlanta 1996, three world titles, later Lehigh County commissioner, congressional candidate, and velodrome executive director.
Marussia F1
Marussia F1 was a Russian Formula One constructor active from 2012 to 2014. It competed in 55 Grands Prix, scoring points at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix.
Mathieu van der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel (born 1995, Kapellen, Belgium) is a Dutch cyclist for Alpecin-Premier Tech, grandson of Raymond Poulidor; eight-time cyclo-cross world champion, 2023 road world champion, and winner of eight Monuments including three Tours of Flanders and two Paris-Roubaix.
Mathilda Paatz
Mathilda Paatz (born 2008, Cologne) is a German racing driver; 2026 F1 ACADEMY driver for PREMA Racing representing Aston Martin, ex-karter, ADAC junior, first win Montreal 2026.
Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth (born 1972, Cambridge, Wisconsin), American NASCAR driver; 2003 Cup champion with Roush, last Winston Cup-era champion, two-time Daytona 500 winner (2009, 2012), 39 Cup wins, NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
Matthew Walls
Matthew Walls, British track and road cyclist born 1998 in Oldham, Olympic omnium gold and Madison silver at Tokyo 2020; later Bora-Hansgrohe, Groupama-FDJ, and Team Storck-MRW Bau.
Matthijs Buchli
Matthijs Büchli, Dutch track cyclist born 1992 in Haarlem; keirin world champion 2019, Olympic keirin silver 2016 and team sprint gold Tokyo 2020; later road rider for BEAT Cycling until retiring 31 December 2024.
Mattia Colnaghi
Mattia Colnaghi (born 2008, Monza) is an Italo-Argentine racing driver, Red Bull Junior Team member, and 2024 Spanish F4 and 2025 Eurocup-3 champion with MP Motorsport, racing in FIA Formula 3 in 2026.
Maurice Peeters
Maurice Peeters (Mouritius Prosper Peeters, 1882-1957), Dutch track cyclist and first Dutch Olympic cycling champion, winning the 1920 Antwerp sprint gold at 38 and 1924 tandem bronze.
Maurice Perrin
Maurice Perrin (Maurice Joseph Jean Perrin, 1911–1992), French track cyclist; won Olympic gold in the men's 2,000 m tandem sprint at Los Angeles 1932 with Louis Chaillot, beating the Chambers brothers.
Maurice Schilles
Maurice Schillès (Maurice Auguste Schillès, 1888–1957), French track cyclist; Olympic tandem sprint gold and 5,000 m silver at London 1908 with André Auffray, plus World Championship sprint medals 1909, 1924, 1925.
Maurizio Arrivabene
Maurizio Arrivabene, Italian businessman, Ferrari F1 team principal 2014-2019 (replacing Mattiacci, succeeded by Binotto), ex-Philip Morris marketing executive, later Juventus CEO until the November 2022 board resignation.
Maverick Viñales
Maverick Viñales (Top Gun), Spanish MotoGP rider born 1995 in Figueres; 2013 Moto3 champion with 26 GP wins; first MotoGP-era rider to win with three manufacturers (Suzuki, Yamaha, Aprilia), now on KTM Tech3.
Max Chilton
Max Chilton, born Maximilian Alexander Chilton in 1991, is a British ex-driver who raced in Formula One for Marussia and in IndyCar from 2016 to 2021.