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Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, or Snaefell Mountain Course: 37.73-mile (60.7 km) closed public-road circuit used for the TT since 1911, with about 219 corners, a 136.358 mph lap record, and 265 recorded competitor deaths.
Istanbul Park
Istanbul Park (İstanbul Park, TOSFED Istanbul Park) is a 5.338 km counter-clockwise Hermann Tilke-designed F1 circuit in Tuzla, Istanbul, opened 2005, famed for the 640 m multi-apex Turn 8; hosted the Turkish GP 2005–2011 and 2020–2021, returning 2027–2031.
Italian Grand Prix
Italian Grand Prix (Gran Premio d'Italia), Formula One's Italian round since 1950, held at Monza every year except 1980 (Imola); first run 1921 at Montichiari; Ferrari leads with 22 wins.
Italian Rally Championship
The Campionato Italiano Rally, currently branded as the CIAR Sparco, is Italy's domestic rally championship organized by ACI Sport under the Automobile Club d'Italia, decided over seven rounds on asphalt.
Iuri Leitao
Iuri Leitao (Iúri Leitão), Portuguese track and road cyclist born 1998 in Viana do Castelo. Olympic Madison gold and omnium silver at Paris 2024 with Rui Oliveira; two-time omnium world champion (2023, 2026); rides for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA.
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso, Italian road cyclist born 1977 in Gallarate, two-time Giro d'Italia winner (2006, 2010) and 2005 Tour runner-up; banned in Operación Puerto as 'Birillo', returned to win the 2010 Giro, retired 2015 with testicular cancer, now co-runs Polti VisitMalta with the Contador brothers.
Ivan Mauger
Ivan Mauger, born Ivan Gerald Mauger, was a New Zealand speedway rider who won a record six world championships between 1968 and 1979, including three consecutive.
J. D. Gibbs
J.D. Gibbs (Jason Dean Gibbs, 1969-2019), co-founder, president, and co-chairman of Joe Gibbs Racing and eldest son of coach Joe Gibbs; made 13 NASCAR national series starts and led the team's expansion.
Jack Aitken
Jack Aitken (born 1995, London) is an Anglo-Korean racing driver, 2015 Formula Renault Eurocup champion and 2017 GP3 runner-up, who made one F1 start at the 2020 Sakhir GP with Williams (car 89) and is now a Cadillac factory driver in IMSA and the WEC with Jota.
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham (1926–2014), Australian driver and constructor, three-time Formula One world champion (1959, 1960 Cooper; 1966 Brabham-Repco), the only driver to win the title in a car of his own make; 14 wins, 13 poles, 261 points.
Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart (John Young Stewart, born 11 June 1939), Scottish three-time Formula 1 world champion (1969, 1971, 1973) with 27 wins in 99 races for BRM and Tyrrell, and the sport's foremost safety campaigner after his 1966 Spa crash.
Jacky Ickx
Jacky Ickx (born 1945, Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver, six-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1969-1982), F1 runner-up in 1969 and 1970, 1979 Can-Am champion, and 1983 Paris-Dakar winner.
Jacques Dupont
Jacques Dupont (Jacques Laurent Simon Dupont, "Jacques la méthode"), French cyclist, 1948 Olympic kilometre time trial champion in 1:13.5, 1948 team road race bronze, French road champion 1954, Paris-Tours winner 1951 and 1955.
Jacques Laffite
Jacques Laffite (Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite, born 1943, Paris), French F1 driver 1974-1986; six wins, 32 podiums, all wins with Ligier; career ended by 1986 Brands Hatch crash.
Jacques van Egmond
Jacques van Egmond (Jacobus Johannes van Egmond, 1908-1969), Dutch track cyclist nicknamed De Lange and De Locomotief; 1932 Olympic sprint gold and 1,000 m time trial silver at Los Angeles, 1933 amateur world sprint champion in Paris.
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971), Canadian racing driver, son of Gilles Villeneuve; 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and CART champion, 1997 Formula One world champion with Williams after the Jerez collision with Michael Schumacher; later BAR, BMW Sauber, and Canal+ commentator.
Jade Jacquet
Jade Jacquet is a French racing driver, born in 2009, who competes in F1 Academy with ART Grand Prix as a Williams Racing Driver Academy member.
Jaguar in Formula One
Jaguar Racing, the British Formula One constructor run by Ford from 2000 to 2004 after buying Stewart Grand Prix, entered 85 races, scored 49 points and 2 podiums, won nothing, and was sold to Red Bull.
Jaguar Racing
Jaguar Racing, now Jaguar TCS Racing, is Jaguar's Formula E team; debuted 2016 as Panasonic Jaguar Racing, first win Rome 2019, Teams' World Championships 2024 and 2026.
Jakarta Fe
Jakarta Fe (JAKARTA FE) is the FIA Grade 3E listing for the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit, a 2.37 km, 18-turn clockwise street circuit in Ancol, North Jakarta, hosting Formula E's Jakarta E-Prix in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
Jakob Omrzel
Jakob Omrzel (born 2006, Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian road cyclist for Bahrain Victorious; 2025 Giro Next Gen and national champion, 2026 Vuelta stage 12 winner, youngest Slovenian Grand Tour stage winner.
James Allison (motorsport)
James Allison (born 1968, Lincolnshire) is a British F1 aerodynamicist and Technical Director of Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 since 2017, formerly at Benetton, Ferrari, and Renault/Lotus, briefly CTO 2021-2023.
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe, born 1986 in Toronto, is a retired Canadian IndyCar driver, six-time race winner, 2011 Rookie of the Year, 2016 Indy 500 pole sitter after a near-fatal 2015 crash, and now a FOX and F1 TV broadcaster.
James Hunt
James Hunt (1947-1993), British Formula 1 driver and 1976 World Champion, beat Niki Lauda by one point at Fuji; 92 Grands Prix, 10 wins, Hesketh and McLaren, later BBC commentator.
James Matthews (racing driver)
James Matthews (born 1975) is a British former racing driver, 1994 British Formula Renault and Eurocup Formula Renault champion, later British F3 racer, now CEO of Eden Rock Group and a Williams F1 board member; distinct from the 1950s American club racer of the same name.
James Stewart Jr.
James 'Bubba' Stewart Jr., American motocross/supercross racer, five-time AMA champion, 50 premier SX wins, perfect 24-0 2008 outdoor season, first Black AMA national champion, Bubba Scrub inventor, Hall of Fame 2022.
James Wharton (racing driver)
James Wharton (born 2006) is an Australian racing driver, ex-Ferrari Driver Academy, 2023 F4 UAE champion and 2024 FRECA runner-up with Prema; races FIA F3 for Prema in 2026 and joins Trident in F2 for 2027.
Jamie Chadwick
Jamie Laura Chadwick is a British racing driver, born in 1998, who won all three W Series championships and became the first female Formula 3 race winner in 2018.
Jamie McMurray
Jamie McMurray, Joplin, Missouri-born NASCAR driver and broadcaster; won 2002 Charlotte in his second Cup start, 2010 Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400, 7 Cup wins; FOX and CW analyst.
Jamie Staff
Jamie Staff (Jamie Alan Staff MBE), English BMX and track cyclist born 1973 in Ashford, Kent; 1996 BMX world champion, keirin world champion 2004, and 2008 Beijing Olympic team sprint gold medalist; later USA Cycling coach.