Jason Tahincioğlu

Jason Tahincioglu
Nationality Turkey Turkish
Born October 29, 1983
Bristol (United Kingdom)
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2006
Current team FMS International
Starts 40
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 30th in 2006
Previous series
2003-2005 British Formula Renault

Jason Tahincioğlu pronounced [tahindʒioːɫu]; also called Jason Tahinci; born 29 October 1983 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a Turkish auto racing driver born into a car racing family.

Career

Tahincioğlu started driving mini kart 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 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.[1]

Tahincioğlu experienced the taste of driving a Formula Three racing car first time on his birthday in 1998 as a gift from his father Mümtaz Tahincioğlu, long-time president of Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED) and FIA Council Member.[2] 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. Since 2002, he competed in the British Formula Renault[1][3] championship finishing 20th in 2005. In August 2005, Jason 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.[2]

In 2006, Tahincioğlu became team-mate of Italian Luca Filippi in the GP2 team FMS International,[4] which was formed in 2005 by the Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella, and is being sponsored by the Turkish gasoline company Petrol Ofisi.[5] 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 the 2008 season, he competed for the BCN Competicion team in the GP2 Asia Series.[6] 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.[7]

Tahincioğlu was educated in automotive engineering at the University of Bath in England.[1][8]

Racing record

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 FMS International VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 SMR
FEA
Ret		 SMR
SPR
Ret		 EUR
FEA
DNS		 EUR
SPR
18		 ESP
FEA
15		 ESP
SPR
19		 MON
FEA
Ret		 GBR
FEA
13		 GBR
SPR
16		 FRA
FEA
Ret		 FRA
SPR
17		 GER
FEA
17		 GER
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
14		 TUR
FEA
17		 TUR
SPR
17		 ITA
FEA
11		 ITA
SPR
13		 30th 0
2007 FMS International BHR
FEA
Ret		 BHR
SPR
13		 ESP
FEA
DNS		 ESP
SPR
Ret		 MON
FEA
Ret		 FRA
FEA
15		 FRA
SPR
18		 GBR
FEA
19		 GBR
SPR
16		 EUR
FEA
17		 EUR
SPR
19		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
11		 TUR
FEA
14		 TUR
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
11		 ITA
SPR
20		 BEL
FEA
14		 BEL
SPR
20		 VAL
FEA
13		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 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 Competicion UAE
FEA
19		 UAE
SPR
16		 IND
FEA
Ret		 IND
SPR
17		 MAL
FEA
12		 MAL
SPR
Ret		 BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
13		 UAE
FEA
9		 UAE
SPR
8		 22nd 0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Soykan, Timur (2003-08-19). "Doğuştan 'Formula'cı". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zabcı, Faruk (2005-08-10). "F1’in ilk Türk test pilotu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  3. ↑ "İşte bizim Schumi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2002-11-22. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  4. ↑ "Jason arabanın hakkını veremedi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2006-04-09. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Jason Tahincioğlu'nun şanssızlığı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  6. ↑ "Jason Tahincioğlu, Competicion'la anlaştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  7. ↑ "Yarış Arabamızın Testleri Başladı!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  8. ↑ "Press Release-17 August 2005 Student on work placement to become first Turkish Formula One racing car driver". University of Bath. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

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