Jason Tahincioglu

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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.

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 Turkish Formula 3 championship and finished on second place. In 2001, he did not race in order to finish the 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. His car number is 17.

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