Jason Tahincioglu

Infobox racing driver
name = Jason Tahincioglu


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nationality = flagicon|Turkey Turkish
date of birth = Birth date and age|1983|10|29
place of birth = Bristol (United Kingdom)
current series = GP2 Series
first year = 2006
current team = FMS International
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starts = 36
wins = 0
poles = 0
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best finish = 30th
year = 2006
prev series = British Formula Renault
prev series years = 2003-2005
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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.

Career

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. In the same year, he will also be racing for Galatasaray in the Superleague Formula races, having revealed he was a life-long fan of Galatasaray. [cite web|url=http://www.galatasaray.org/slformula/haber/1580.php|title=www.galatasaray.org/slformula/haber/1580.php ]

Tahincioğlu is currently studying automotive engineering at the University of Bath in England.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* [http://www.eurosport.com/gp2/personnews_prs81489.shtml Jason Tahinci at GP2 in Eurosport]
* [http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/coloni/drivers/tahinci/ Jason Tahinci at GP2 Series]
* [http://formulagp2.flagworld.com/en/news/index,view.spy?artid=58540 Jason Tahinci at Formula GP2]