Alfonso Celis Jr.
Celis Jr. in 2014
NationalityMexico Mexican
BornAlfonso Celis Enecoiz[1]
(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 27)
Mexico City, Mexico
GP3 Series career
Debut season2014
Car number4
Former teamsStatus Grand Prix, ART Grand Prix
Starts35
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2015
Previous series
2014–2015
2013–2014
2013
2012
2011		Formula Renault 3.5 Series
European Formula 3
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW Talent Cup
Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc
Championship titles
2011Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc

Alfonso Celis Enecoiz, known as Alfonso Celis Jr., (born 18 September 1996) is a Mexican former racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Mexico City, Celis entered karting in 2009 and raced until 2012 in the local Mexican karting championships.[1]

Early career

In 2011 Celis made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the LATAM Challenge Series with Megaracing. He finished sixteenth with three top ten finishes in five races.[2]

For 2012, he decided to move in Europe and switch to the Formula BMW Talent Cup. He finished eighth in the grand finale at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben with a podium in the third race of the weekend.

Formula Renault

Celis signed with Fortec Motorsports for the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season.[3] He had eleven point-scoring finishes, including podium in the closing race of the season at Zandvoort, finishing fourteenth in the series standings.[4]

Formula Three

During the 2013, Celis with Fortec had one-off entries to British Formula 3 and FIA European Formula 3 championships at Nürburgring and Zandvoort respectively.[5]

GP3 Series

In 2014, Celis graduated to the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix, joining Nick Yelloly and Richie Stanaway in the team.[6] He will switch to ART Grand Prix for the 2015 season.

Formula One

Celis testing for Force India in 2017.

Celis was signed as a development and free practice driver by the Force India team in Formula One for the 2016 season.[7] He made his first appearance during free practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix.[8]

He made his second appearance on 1 March 2017 on Day 3 of testing at Circuit de Catalunya.[9]

Indy Lights

Celis signed with Juncos Racing to compete in Indy Lights in 2018.[10]

IndyCar

Celis made his IndyCar debut for Juncos Racing at Road America, finishing 20th. He was later called up again to drive at Portland where he finished 17th.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 Campeonato Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc Nova / AST Racing 7 5 7 1 7 291 1st
LATAM Challenge Series Megaracing 5 0 0 0 0 6 16th
Super Copa Telcel AT Motorsports 12 0 0 0 1 964 9th
24 Hours of Barcelona - Class A3T Astra Racing 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup N/A 3 0 0 0 1 24 6th
2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Fortec Motorsports 17 0 0 0 1 109 14th
British Formula 3 International Series 3 0 0 0 0 15 11th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 34th
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2014 GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 18 0 0 0 0 2 21st
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Fortec Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 0 29th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2015 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 16 0 0 0 1 24 12th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series AVF 17 0 0 2 0 17 16th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 13 0 0 0 0 329 17th
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series AVF 18 0 0 0 1 55 11th
Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team Test driver
2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 Fortec Motorsports 18 1 1 2 7 204 3rd
Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team Test driver
2018 Indy Lights Juncos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 27 11th
IndyCar Series 2 0 0 0 0 23 36th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 Pos Points
2013 Fortec Competition HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		HOC
3
24 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
13 		SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
7 		SPA
1
20 		SPA
2
13 		ASS
1
12 		ASS
2
11 		MST
1
22 		MST
2
15 		MST
3
21 		ZAN
1
13 		ZAN
2
3 		ZAN
3
C 		14th 109

Complete GP3 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 Pos Points
2014 Status Grand Prix CAT
FEA
18 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
19 		SIL
FEA
16 		SIL
SPR
10 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
23† 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
22 		SPA
FEA
12 		SPA
SPR
15 		MNZ
FEA
16 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SOC
FEA
16 		SOC
SPR
7 		YMC
FEA
16 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		21st 2
2015 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
10 		RBR
FEA
15 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
14 		SIL
SPR
11 		HUN
FEA
18 		HUN
SPR
15 		SPA
FEA
6 		SPA
SPR
3 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA
13 		SOC
SPR
12 		BHR
FEA
8 		BHR
SPR
8 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
19 		12th 24

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2014 Tech 1 Racing MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		ALC
1 		ALC
2 		MON
1 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MSC
1 		MSC
2 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
12 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		JER
1 		JER
2 		27th 0
2015 AVF ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
8 		MON
1
Ret 		SPA
1
13 		SPA
2
11 		HUN
1
14 		HUN
2
16 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
12 		SIL
1
13† 		SIL
2
12 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
4 		BUG
1
Ret 		BUG
2
16 		JER
1
15 		JER
2
Ret 		16th 17
2016 AVF ALC
1
6 		ALC
2
8 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
Ret 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
3 		LEC
1
11 		LEC
2
8 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
11 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
7 		MNZ
1
9 		MNZ
2
10 		JER
1
Ret 		JER
2
9 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
13 		11th 55
2017 Fortec Motorsports SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
6 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
3 		MNZ
1
4 		MNZ
2
Ret 		JER
1
6 		JER
2
4 		ALC
1
3 		ALC
2
2 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
8 		MEX
1
5 		MEX
2
2 		COA
1
8 		COA
2
5 		BHR
1
6 		BHR
2
8 		3rd 204

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2015 Giles Motorsport RUA
1
8 		RUA
2
7 		RUA
3
8 		TER
1
DNS 		TER
2
Ret 		TER
3
DNS 		HMP
1
Ret 		HMP
2
10 		HMP
3
12 		TAU
1
10 		TAU
2
Ret 		TAU
3
18 		TAU
4
10 		MAN
1
17 		MAN
2
15 		MAN
3
13 		17th 329

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points
2016 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM09 Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR
TD 		CHN RUS
TD 		ESP MON CAN EUR AUT
TD 		GBR HUN GER BEL ITA
TD 		SIN MAL JPN USA
TD 		MEX BRA ABU
TD 		– –
2017 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM10 Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS CHN BHR RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT
TD 		GBR HUN
TD 		BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX
TD 		BRA ABU – –

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2018 Juncos Racing STP STP ALA
7 		ALA
8 		IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GTW POR POR 11th 27

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2018 Juncos Racing Dallara DW12 32 Chevrolet STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA
20 		IOW TOR MDO POC GTW POR
17 		SNM 36th 23 [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bio – Alfonso Celis Jr". alfonsocelisjr.com. Alfonso Celis Jr. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ "LATAM Challenge Series F2000 powered by Volkswagen 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Celis Jr. rumbo a Europa" [Celis Jr. bound to Europe] (in Spanish). Open Racing.ru. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. ^ Simmons, Marcus (14 August 2013). "Alfonso Celis to make British F3 debut at the Nurburgring". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Status GP announce Alfonso Celis Jr to 2014 GP3 line-up". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Force India sign Alfonso Celis as development driver". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ^ Parkes, Ian (24 March 2016). "Alfonso Celis Jr gets F1 practice run in Bahrain with Force India". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Celis Jr slots into Force India's test line-up". Planet F1. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Alfonso Celis Jr. joins Juncos Racing for 2018 Indy Lights championship". juncosracing.com. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Alfonso Celis Jr. – 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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