Jason Tahincioğlu (pronounced [tahindʒioːɫu]; 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.

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Jason Tahincioglu
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 (age 40) Bristol (United Kingdom)
Related to	Mümtaz Tahincioğlu, Ann Tahincioğlu
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2006
Current team	Petrol Ofisi FMS International
Car number	10
Starts	40
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	30th in 2006
Previous series
2003–2005 2006 2006–2007 2008	British Formula Renault World Series by Renault Euroseries 3000 GP2 Asia

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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 5th 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 8 Turkish championship titles.^[1]

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.^[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. From 2002, he competed in the British Formula Renault^[1][3] 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.^[2]

In 2006, Tahincioğlu became the teammate of Luca Filippi in the GP2 team FMS International, with the Turkish gasoline company Petrol Ofisi 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.^[4] 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, he competed for the BCN Competicion team in the GP2 Asia Series.^[5] 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.^[6]

Tahincioğlu was educated in automotive engineering at the University of Bath in England.^[1][7]