Introduction
Alfonso Celis Enecoiz, known as Alfonso Celis 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.
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.
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 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 11th |
| Formula One | Sahara Force India F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
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 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 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 |
† 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 TD | GBR | HUN | GER | BEL | ITA TD | SIN | MAL | JPN | USA TD | MEX | BRA | ABU TD | – | – |