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Max Mosley

Max Mosley (1940-2021), British barrister, ex-Formula 2 driver, and March co-founder, was FIA President 1993-2009; he led post-Senna F1 safety reform, founded Euro NCAP and the FIA Foundation, and won a landmark privacy case.

Max Reaves

Max Reaves (born 2010) is an American stock car racing driver who drove the Cook Out No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in ARCA, winning 12 races across the ARCA platform before JGR closed its ARCA program after 2026.

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen, Dutch F1 driver for Red Bull Racing, born 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium; youngest ever F1 debutant (17) and race winner (18y228d, 2016 Spain); four consecutive world titles 2021-2024; 73 wins, 50 poles; Red Bull contract to 2030.

Máximo Quiles

Máximo Quiles (Máximo Martínez Quiles), Spanish Moto3 rider born 2008 in Murcia; 2026 Moto3 world champion with CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM, managed by the Márquez brothers' Vertical agency, moving to Moto2 in 2027.

Mazda 787B

Mazda 787B: Group C sports prototype, chassis 787B-002 No.55, that won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first Japanese car and only rotary-engined winner, with the 700PS R26B four-rotor engine driven by Weidler, Herbert, and Gachot.

McLaren

McLaren (McLaren Mastercard F1 Team) is a British Formula 1 team founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963, based in Woking, racing Mercedes-powered MCL40 cars for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri under Andrea Stella, with 10 constructors' titles and the Triple Crown.

McLaren Formula One drivers

The McLaren Formula One drivers cover races from 1966 to 2026, resulting in ten Constructors' Championships and featuring seven World Drivers' Champions.

McLaren MP4/4

The McLaren MP4/4 is a 1988 Formula One racing car powered by a Honda V6 turbo engine. It won 15 of 16 races, driving Senna to his first title.

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP), Brixworth-based F1 power unit maker led by Hywel Thomas; supplies Mercedes, McLaren, Williams, Alpine; 2026 M17 E Performance unit, ADUO and reliability disputes.

Mercedes W15

Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance, Mercedes' 2024 Formula One car, launched 14 February 2024 at Silverstone; push-rod rear suspension, new floor concept, raced by Hamilton and Russell, winning races including Las Vegas 1-2.

Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance

Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance, the 2020 Mercedes Formula One car for Hamilton and Bottas; 1.6L V6 hybrid M11 power unit, DAS dual-axis steering, 13 wins from 17 races and a seventh consecutive title double.

Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-Benz in Formula One: the German marque's F1 history as 1954-55 constructor with Fangio, 1990s engine supplier to Sauber and McLaren, and works team since 2010, winner of eight straight constructors' titles 2014-2021 with Hamilton and Rosberg.

Mettet Rallycross

Mettet Rallycross is the mixed-surface rallycross circuit at Circuit Jules Tacheny, Mettet, Belgium, opened 2014 for World RX. 1.031 km, anti-clockwise, 12 turns, blind jump, Joker Lap; Kristoffersson's 0:38.074 (2017) is the benchmark lap.

Mexican Grand Prix

Mexican Grand Prix, officially the Mexico City Grand Prix (Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México), a Formula One race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 2,285 m altitude, Foro Sol stadium section, contracted through 2028.

Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti (born 1962), American racer, son of Mario Andretti; 1991 CART champion with Newman-Haas, 13 GPs for McLaren in 1993, then founded Andretti Global and stepped back in 2024.

Michael Dunlop

Michael Dunlop MBE (born 1989, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland) is a road racer and the most successful Isle of Man TT rider ever, with 36 wins, having passed uncle Joey Dunlop's record of 26 in 2024.

Michael Grenda

Michael Ronald Grenda (born 1962), Tasmanian Australian track cyclist; with Nichols, Turtur, and Woods won the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic 4000 m team pursuit, Tasmania's first Olympic gold, after a 1983 coma; pro 1985-1991.

Michael Lee (speedway rider)

Michael Lee, "Mike the Bike" (born 1958, Cambridge), English speedway rider; 1980 World Champion at Ullevi, Gothenburg, 1981 World Long-track champion, British champion 1977–78; career with King's Lynn and Poole ended by a five-year ban, later reduced on appeal.

Michael Masi

Michael Masi, Australian motorsport official, FIA Formula 1 Race Director and Safety Delegate 2019-2021 after Charlie Whiting's death; removed after the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix safety car controversy, later SRO Motorsports Australia Head of Sporting.

Michael Mørkøv

Michael Mørkøv (born 1985), Danish track and road cyclist: Olympic Madison gold (Tokyo 2021), three Madison world titles, record lead-out man for Cavendish and Bennett, retired 2024, now Danish national coach.

Michael Rich

Michael Rich (born 1969, Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German former road and track cyclist, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medallist in the 100 km team time trial, three-time World Championship time trial silver medallist, and professional with Saeco and Gerolsteiner.

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher, German Formula 1 driver born 1969, seven-time world champion (1994-95 Benetton, 2000-04 Ferrari), 91 wins, Mercedes comeback 2010-12, severely injured skiing in 2013.

Michael Waltrip

Michael Waltrip (born 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky), brother of Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR driver, two-time Daytona 500 winner (2001, 2003), founder of Michael Waltrip Racing, and FOX Sports analyst.

Michel Périn

Michel Périn (born 1957, Saint-Mihiel) is a French rally co-driver, four-time Dakar car winner: 1994-1996 with Pierre Lartigue (Citroën ZX) and 2014 with Nani Roma (MINI), plus four FIA Cross Country World Cup titles.

Michel Rousseau

Michel Rousseau (1936-2016), French track sprint cyclist, "Le taureau de Vaugirard"; Olympic 1000 m sprint gold at Melbourne 1956, world amateur champion 1956-57, professional world champion 1958, grandfather of diver Cassiel Rousseau.

Michel Vermeulin

Michel Vermeulin (Michel Hervé Vermeulin), born 6 September 1934 in Montreuil, France, is a former road and track cyclist, 1956 Olympic team road race gold medalist and team pursuit silver medalist, distinct from Austrian skier Mika Vermeulen.

Michele Bartoli

Michele Bartoli (born 1970, Pisa), Italian classics specialist called "The Warrior"; won Tour of Flanders 1996, Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1997 and 1998, Giro di Lombardia 2002 and 2003, and the 1997 and 1998 World Cup; retired 2004.

Michele Ferrari

Michele Ferrari, Italian sports doctor and Lance Armstrong's coach, nicknamed Mito and Docteur EPO; convicted of sporting fraud in Bologna in 2004, charged by USADA in 2012, and under a lifetime ban listed by the Italian Cycling Federation.

Michèle Mouton

Michèle Mouton (born 1951, Grasse, France), French rally driver, first and only woman to win a WRC round (1981 Sanremo, Audi quattro) and 1982 world vice-champion behind Walter Röhrl; later FIA WRC Manager and Race of Champions co-founder.

Mick Doohan

Mick Doohan (Michael Sydney Doohan), Australian 500cc motorcycle racer born 1965 in Brisbane; five consecutive world titles 1994-1998 on Honda's NSR500, 54 premier class wins, career defined by the 1992 Assen leg injury.