| Alfonso Celis Jr. | |
|---|---|
 Celis Jr. in 2014 | |
| Nationality |  Mexican |
| Born | Alfonso Celis Enecoiz[1] 18 September 1996 Mexico City, Mexico |
| GP3 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Car number | 4 |
| Former teams | Status Grand Prix, ART Grand Prix |
| Starts | 35 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 12th 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 | |
| 2011 | Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc |
Alfonso Celis Enecoiz, known as Alfonso Celis Jr., (born 18 September 1996) is a Mexican former racing driver.
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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 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
- ^ a b "Bio – Alfonso Celis Jr". alfonsocelisjr.com. Alfonso Celis Jr. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "LATAM Challenge Series F2000 powered by Volkswagen 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Celis Jr. rumbo a Europa" [Celis Jr. bound to Europe] (in Spanish). Open Racing.ru. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (14 August 2013). "Alfonso Celis to make British F3 debut at the Nurburgring". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Celis Jr slots into Force India's test line-up". Planet F1. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alfonso Celis Jr. – 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Alfonso Celis Jr. career summary at DriverDB.com
This page was last edited on 3 March 2024, at 19:40