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Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu (1944-2019), Belgian track and road cyclist, the record six-day racer with 88 wins, 1964 Tokyo Olympic 1 km time trial gold, three world sprint titles, and the 1974 Tour de France green jersey.
Pau Ville
Circuit de Pau-Ville (Pau street circuit) is a 2.760 km, 15-turn FIA Grade 3 temporary street circuit in Pau, France, home of the Grand Prix de Pau since 1933; last held 2023, cancelled 2024-2026.
Paul Bird Motorsport
Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM) is a British motorcycle racing team founded by rally driver Paul Bird, the most successful team in British Superbike history with nine titles.
Paul di Resta
Paul di Resta is a British racing driver who won the 2010 DTM championship with Mercedes, then raced in Formula One for Force India from 2011 to 2013.
Paul Manning
Paul Manning (born 1974, Sutton Coldfield) is a British track cyclist and coach; Olympic team pursuit bronze 2000, silver 2004, gold 2008, three world titles, later coached GB, New Zealand, and USA Cycling women's endurance squads.
Paul Masson
Paul Masson (Paul Michel Pierre Adrien Masson, later Paul Nossam), French track cyclist born 1876 in Mostaganem, won three golds at the 1896 Athens Olympics in the sprint, one-lap time trial, and 10,000 metres, then placed third in the 1897 world professional sprint championship.
Paul Seixas
Paul Seixas (born 2006, Lyon) is a French road cyclist for Decathlon CMA CGM; junior world time trial champion 2024, youngest Il Lombardia winner (2026) and youngest Monument winner since 1945, fourth in his 2026 Tour de France debut.
Peder Pedersen
Peder Pedersen (1945–2015) was a Danish track cyclist who won Olympic gold in the 1968 Mexico City team pursuit and the 1974 world sprint championship, later leading the Danish Cycling Union and the UCI's Anti-Doping Commission.
Pedro Lamy
Pedro Lamy (José Pedro Lamy Viçoso, born 1972) is a Portuguese racing driver, Portugal's second F1 driver (32 starts, 1993–1996, Lotus and Minardi), later a sports car champion with Viper, Peugeot, and Aston Martin.
Peloton
Peloton: the main group of riders in a road cycling race (French, "little ball"), riding close together to draft; drafting cuts drag up to 96%, and breakaways win only about 2% of Tour stages.
Pembrey
Pembrey Circuit, the Welsh Motor Sports Centre near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, is a 1.456-mile circuit opened in 1989 on a former RAF airfield, operated by BARC, famed for F1 testing by Senna and McLaren and an official lap record of 50.079 seconds.
Per Lyngemark
Per Lyngemark (Per Pedersen Lyngemark, 1941-2010) was a Danish track cyclist who won gold in the 4,000 m team pursuit at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with Asmussen, Olsen, and Frey; his only Olympic start.
Per-Gunnar Andersson (rally driver)
Per-Gunnar "P-G" Andersson, born 1980 in Årjäng, is a Swedish rally driver, two-time Junior WRC champion (2004, 2007), Suzuki WRC factory driver 2008, Proton SWRC runner-up 2010 and 2012, and multi-time Swedish rally champion.
Pergusa
Autodromo di Pergusa (Enna-Pergusa), Sicilian motor racing circuit opened 1951 around Lake Pergusa; 4.950 km, 16 corners, FIA Grade 3; hosted non-championship F1 Mediterranean GP, F2/F3000, sports cars and touring cars.
Perry McCarthy
Perry McCarthy (born 1961), British racing driver, the original Top Gear Stig; raced for the Andrea Moda F1 team in 1992, entering seven grands prix without qualifying for any.
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock (1945-2006), 'Peter Perfect' or 'King of the Mountain', Australian touring car driver; record nine Bathurst 1000 wins, nine Sandown wins, three ATCC titles with the Holden Dealer Team; killed in the 2006 Targa West rally.
Peter Kennaugh
Peter Kennaugh (born 1989, Douglas, Isle of Man), British road and track cyclist; 2012 Olympic team pursuit gold, two Dauphiné stages, two British road titles; Team Sky 2010-2017, Bora-Hansgrohe, retired 2019, now XDS Astana sports director.
Peter Revson
Peter Revson (Peter Jeffrey Revson) was an American racing driver who won the 1971 Can-Am championship and two Formula One Grands Prix with McLaren, dying in a 1974 testing accident.
Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan is a Slovak former professional road cyclist who won three consecutive road race world championships and a record seven Tour de France green jerseys.
Peter Sauber
Peter Sauber (born 1943, Zurich) is the Swiss founder of Sauber Motorsport, 1970 C1 constructor, Mercedes sportscar champion, F1 entrant from 1993, who sold to BMW in 2005, bought back in 2009, and sold fully in 2016.
Peter Vonhof
Peter Vonhof (born 1949, Berlin), West German track cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 4,000 m team pursuit (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976) and four-time amateur world champion (1970, 1973-75) with the Gold-Vierer.
Petra Roßner
Petra Roßner (Rossner), German cyclist born 1966 in Leipzig; 1992 Olympic pursuit gold, 1991 world pursuit champion, record 10 Women's Road World Cup wins, 2002 World Cup overall, seven-time Philadelphia Liberty Classic winner.
Phil Hill
Phil Hill (Philip Toll Hill Jr.) was an American racing driver who won the 1961 Formula One World Championship with Ferrari, the first American to take the drivers' title.
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, also run as the CoreStates USPRO Championship and today the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, is a one-day UCI road race in Philadelphia first held in 1985, defined by the 17-percent Manayunk Wall climb, cancelled after 2016, and revived in 2026.
Philip Hindes
Philip Hindes (born 1992, Krefeld, Germany) is a retired British track sprinter, MBE, who won Olympic team sprint gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 as man one, retiring from the GB team in 2021.
Philippe Ermenault
Philippe Ermenault (born 1969, Flixecourt) is a French track cyclist, 1996 Olympic team pursuit champion and individual pursuit silver medalist, and world individual pursuit champion 1997 and 1998.
Pierfranco Vianelli
Pierfranco Vianelli (1946–2026), Italian road cyclist; Olympic road race gold and 100 km team time trial bronze at Mexico City 1968; pro 1969–73 with Molteni, Dreher, Brooklyn; won 1971 Giro Grossglockner stage.
Piero Ferrari
Piero Lardi Ferrari (born 1945), son of Enzo Ferrari and Lina Lardi, is vice chairman of Ferrari since 1988, holds about 10 percent via Trust Piero Ferrari, and became a billionaire at Ferrari's 2015 NYSE listing.
Pierre Adam
Pierre Adam (Pierre Louis Eugène Adam, 1924–2012) was a French track cyclist and AC Boulogne-Billancourt member who won gold in the men's team pursuit at the 1948 London Olympics, his only Games; third in the 1950 French individual pursuit championship.
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly (born 1996, Rouen) is a French Formula 1 driver for Alpine, car 10. 2016 GP2 champion; won the 2020 Italian GP for AlphaTauri from 10th on the grid; first French winner since Panis 1996; first pole at Monza 2026.