Alfonso Celis Jr.

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Alfonso Celis Jr.
Nationality Mexico Mexican
Born (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 28)
Mexico City, Mexico
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car no. 4
Former teams Status 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[1] Jr. (born 18 September 1996) is a Mexican racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Mexico City, Celis entered karting in 2009 and raced till 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]

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
24 Hours of Barcelona — Class A3T Astra Racing 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup 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 3 0 0 0 0 5 11th
FIA European Formula 3 Championship 2 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 European Formula 3 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
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series AVF 6 0 0 0 1 28 9th*
Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team Test driver

* Season still in progress.

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 ESP
FEA
18		 ESP
SPR
Ret		 AUT
FEA
Ret		 AUT
SPR
19		 GBR
FEA
16		 GBR
SPR
10		 GER
FEA
Ret		 GER
SPR
23†		 HUN
FEA
16		 HUN
SPR
22		 BEL
FEA
12		 BEL
SPR
15		 ITA
FEA
16		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 RUS
FEA
16		 RUS
SPR
7		 ABU
FEA
16		 ABU
SPR
Ret		 21st 2
2015 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA
10		 ESP
SPR
10		 AUT
FEA
15		 AUT
SPR
Ret		 GBR
FEA
14		 GBR
SPR
11		 HUN
FEA
18		 HUN
SPR
15		 BEL
FEA
6		 BEL
SPR
3		 ITA
FEA		 ITA
SPR		 RUS
FEA
13		 RUS
SPR
12		 BHR
FEA
8		 BHR
SPR
8		 ABU
FEA
Ret		 ABU
SPR
19		 12th 24

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

Complete Formula V8 3.5 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 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
 LEC
1
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 JER
1
 JER
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 9th* 28*

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

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 GBR HUN GER BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX BRA ABU –* –*

* Season still in progress.

References

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