Jason Tahincioğlu (; born 29 October 1983 in

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, United Kingdom), also known as Jason Tahinci, is a Turkish-

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driver born into a car racing family.

Career

Tahincioğlu started driving mini

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at the age of six. 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 elder sister Raina Tahincioğlu. The next year, he went to the

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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. Tahincioğlu experienced the taste of driving a

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racing car first time on his birthday in 1998 as a gift from his father

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, long-time president of Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED) and

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Council Member. In 2000, he debuted in the

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and finished in second place. In 2001, he did not race to finish high school. Since 2002, he competed in the British

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championship finishing 20th in 2005. In August 2005, Jason Tahincioğlu became the first ever Turkish racer to drive a

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car when he completed test runs for

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on a

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at the

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. In 2006, Tahincioğlu became the teammate of

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in the GP2 team FMS International, with the Turkish gasoline company

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named as their new sponsor at the same time. He signed a two-year deal with the team, matching the sponsorship deal made as a part of Petrol Ofisi's backing extension. Despite scoring no points, he was retained for the second year of his contract in 2007. In 2006 he also raced in the Turkish leg of the

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. He competed in both races in the 3.5 class. For the 2008 season, he competed for the

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team in the

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. In the same year, he was also a test driver for the

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team in the inaugural Superleague Formula season, having revealed he was a lifelong fan of Galatasaray. Tahincioğlu was educated in

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at the

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in England.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

References

External links

Jason Tahinci at GP2 in Eurosport

Jason Tahinci at GP2 Series
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tahincioglu, Jason 1983 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bath English people of Turkish descent Turkish people of English descent British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Auto GP drivers GP2 Series drivers GP2 Asia Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Sportspeople from Bristol Turkish racing drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Turkish Formula Three Championship drivers Turkish engineers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in England Mark Burdett Motorsport drivers Jota Sport drivers EuroInternational drivers Team Astromega drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers CRS Racing drivers Scuderia Coloni drivers