Jason Tahincioglu
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| Jason Tahincioglu | |
| Nationality |  Turkish |
| Date of Birth | October 29, 1983 |
| Place of Birth | Bristol (United Kingdom) |
| 2008 GP2 Series | |
| Debut season | 2006 |
| Current team | FMS International |
| Starts | 36 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 30th in 2006 |
| Previous series | |
| 2003-2005 | British Formula Renault |
Jason Tahincioglu (Turkish: Jason Tahincioğlu, also called Jason Tahinci), born on October 29, 1983 in Bristol, United Kingdom into a car racing family, is a Turkish auto racing driver.
Jason started driving mini kart very early in his age of 6 years. In 1990, he debuted in kart racing. From 1991 on, he became champion in mini kart racing for four successive years. Tahincioğlu moved up then in 1995 to Promo kart series and became second after his sister Raina Tahincioğlu. The next year, he went to the Netherlands to participate at the championships there and became 5th among 24 drivers. Returned to Turkey, Tahincioğlu became champion in Promo series in the years 1997 and 1998. During this time, he participated also at the European Junior championships. He moved to Super kart category and became champion in 1999 and 2000. Tahincioğlu ended his kart racing career with 8 Turkish champion titles.
Jason Tahincioğlu experienced the taste of driving a Formula 3 racing car first time on his birthday in 1998 as a gift from his father Mümtaz Tahincioğlu, current President of Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED) and FIA Council Member. In 2000, he debuted in the Turkish Formula 3 championship and finished in second place. In 2001, he did not race in order to finish high school. Since 2003, he competed in the British Formula Renault championship finishing 20th in 2005.
In 2006, Jason became team-mate of the Italian Luca Filippi in the GP2 team FMS International, which was formed in 2005 by the Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella, and is being sponsored by the Turkish gasoline company Petrol Ofisi. Despite scoring no points, he was retained for 2007.
In 2006 he also raced in the Turkish leg of the World Series by Renault. He competed in both races in the 3.5 class.
For 2008, he is racing for the BCN Competicion team in the GP2 Asia Series.
Tahincioğlu is currently studying automotive engineering at the University of Bath in England.
[edit] GP2 Series record
| Season | Team Name | No. | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
| 2006 | FMS International | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| 2007 | FMS International | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd |
| 2008 (Asia) | BCN Competicion | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
