Jason Tahincioğlu

Jason Tahincioğlu (; born 29 October 1983 in Bristol, United Kingdom), also known as Jason Tahinci, is a Turkish-British auto racing driver born into a car racing family.

Career Tahincioğlu started driving mini karts 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 the Promo kart series and became second after his elder sister Raina Tahincioğlu. The next year, he went to the Netherlands to participate in the championships there and became fifth among 24 drivers. Returning to Turkey, Tahincioğlu became champion in the Promo series in 1997 and 1998. During this time, he also participated in the European Junior Championships. He moved to the Super kart category and became champion in 1999 and 2000. Tahincioğlu ended his kart racing career with eight Turkish championship titles.

Tahincioğlu experienced the taste of driving a Formula Three racing car for the first time on his birthday in 1998, a gift from his father Mümtaz Tahincioğlu, long-time president of Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED) and FIA Council Member. In 2000, he debuted in the Turkish Formula Three Championship and finished in second place. In 2001, he did not race in order to finish high school. From 2002, he competed in the British Formula Renault championship finishing 20th in 2005. In August 2005, Tahincioğlu became the first ever Turkish racer to drive a Formula One car when he completed test runs for Jordan Grand Prix on a Toyota TF105 at the Silverstone Circuit. 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 World Series by Renault. He competed in both races in the 3.5 class.

For the 2008 season, Tahincioğlu competed for the BCN Competicion team in the GP2 Asia Series. In the same year, he was also a test driver for the Galatasaray team in the inaugural Superleague Formula season, having revealed he was a lifelong fan of Galatasaray.

Tahincioğlu was educated in automotive engineering at the University of Bath in England.

Racing record Career summary

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points 2002 Fred Goddard Racing Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo Scholarship BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 KNO1 KNO2 CRO1 CRO2 SIL1 SIL2 CAS1 CAS2 BRH1 BRH2 ROC1 ROC2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 DON1 DON2 NC 0

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2003 Mark Burdett Motorsport SNE1 SNE2 BRH THR SIL ROC CRO1 CRO2 DON1 DON2 SNE BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 21st 49 2004 Team JLR THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 THR1 THR2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 DON2 27th 53 2005 Team JLR DON1 DON2 THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 KNO1 KNO2 20th 66 Team AKA DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 Petrol Ofisi FMS International VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 30th 0 2007 Petrol Ofisi FMS International BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 33rd 0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2008 BCN Competición DUBFEA DUBSPR SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUBFEA DUBSPR 22nd 0

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Euroseries 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)