Alfonso Celis Jr.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Celisand the second or maternal family name is Enecoiz.

Alfonso Celis Jr.
Celis Jr. in 2014
Nationality	Mexican
Born	Alfonso Celis Enecoiz [1] (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 28) 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.

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 finished 21st in the standings, only scoring points on one occasion. He switched 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 twentieth. He was later called up again to drive at Portland where he finished seventeenth.

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	MOH	MOH	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	MOH	POC	GTW	POR 17	SNM	36th	23	[11]

References

1. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Alfonso Celis Jr. career summary at DriverDB.com