Alfonso Celis Jr.


Alfonso Celis Enecoiz, known as Alfonso Celis Jr., is a retired Mexican racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Mexico City, Celis entered karting in 2009 and raced till 2012 in the local Mexican karting championships.

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.
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. He had eleven point-scoring finishes, including podium in the closing race of the season at Zandvoort, finishing fourteenth in the series standings.

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.

GP3 Series

In 2014, Celis graduated to the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix, joining Nick Yelloly and Richie Stanaway in the team. 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. He made his first appearance during free practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
He made his second appearance on 1 March 2017 on Day 3 of testing at Circuit de Catalunya.

Indy Lights

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

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014Status Grand PrixCAT
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		21st2
2015ART Grand PrixCAT
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		12th24

† 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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014Tech 1 RacingMNZ
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		27th0
2015AVFALC
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		16th17
2016AVFALC
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		11th55
2017Fortec MotorsportsSIL
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		3rd204

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

Complete Formula One participations

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718192021WDCPoints
Sahara Force India F1 TeamForce India VJM09Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 tAUSBHR
TD		CHNRUS
TD		ESPMONCANEURAUT
TD		GBRHUNGERBELITA
TD		SINMALJPNUSA
TD		MEXBRAABU
TD		––
Sahara Force India F1 TeamForce India VJM10Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 tAUSCHNBHRRUSESPMONCANAZEAUT
TD		GBRHUN
TD		BELITASINMALJPNUSAMEX
TD		BRAABU––

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2018Juncos RacingDallara DW12ChevroletSTPPHXLBHALAIMSINDYDETDETTXSRDA
20		IOWTORMDOPOCGTWPOR
17		SNM36th23