Jacarepagua - - -Built on flat, drained marshland south of Rio de Janeiro, this 4.933-km race track that lies in the shadow of the Old Indian (a massive granite outcropping like Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio) was the home of the BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX in 1978, and between 1981-89.
Japanese Grand Prix - - -Some 13 Japanese Grands Prix have been run since this race first appeared on the Formula One calendar in 1976. The first two events in 1976-77 were staged on the 4.359-km MOUNT FUJI circuit. After a 10-year gap the event moved to SUZUKA, near the major centre of Nagoya on Honshu island, where it has remained. This much-admired 5.864-km track has been a favourite haunt of Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher, the two former World Champions having alternated wins in the event between 1994 and 1997 (1994 and 1996, Hill, and 1995 and 1997, Schumacher).
Jarama - - -A circuit north of Madrid where nine SPANISH GRANDS PRIX (1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1976-1981) were run.
Jerez - - -Home of the SPANISH GRAND PRIX from 1986-90, and the EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX in 1994 and 1997. Jacques Villeneuve of Williams-Renault won the Drivers' Championship following a now-famous clash with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher at Jerez in 1997. The track, located in the sherry region of southern Spain, is 4.423 km in length.
Johannesburg - - -South African metropolis and co-capital, nearest centre to the KYALAMI circuit that was home to 20 SOUTH AFRICAN GRANDS PRIX.
Jordan, Eddie - - -Irrepressible Irish entrepreneur, Eddie Jordan, formed his own Formula One team in late 1990, after running cars in the British Formula Three and FIA International Formula 3000 Championships. Like many team owners, Eddie Jordan was a reasonably successful racing driver before forming his own team.
Jordan Grand Prix - - -Formula One team founded by Eddie Jordan in 1990, and based near the SILVERSTONE circuit in Northamptonshire, England. Finally won its first Grand Prix after eight seasons of trying with a dramatic one-two finish for drivers Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher in the 1998 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX after all the front runners eliminated themselves in accidents main ly attributable to atrocious weather conditions.