Alfonso Celis Jr.
{{short description|Mexican racing driver}}
{{family name hatnote|Celis|Enecoiz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Alfonso Celis Jr.
| image = GP3 - Status - Alfonso Celis Jr.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Celis Jr. in 2014
| nationality = {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexican
| birth_name = Alfonso Celis Enecoiz{{cite web |title=Bio – Alfonso Celis Jr. |url= http://www.alfonsocelisjr.com/bio.html |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140419052713/http://www.alfonsocelisjr.com/bio.html |work= alfonsocelisjr.com |publisher=Alfonso Celis Jr. |accessdate=21 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archivedate=19 April 2014}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|09|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| related to =
| current series = GP3 Series
| first year = 2014
| current team =
| car number = 4
| former teams = Status Grand Prix, ART Grand Prix
| starts = 35
| wins = 0
| poles = 0
| fastest laps = 0
| best finish = 12th
| year = 2015
| prev series = Formula Renault 3.5 Series
European Formula 3
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW Talent Cup
Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc
| prev series years = 2014–2015
2013–2014
2013
2012
2011
| titles = Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc
| title years = 2011
| awards =
| award years =
}}
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.
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/latam-challenge-series/2011/|title=LATAM Challenge Series F2000 powered by Volkswagen 2011 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=21 June 2014}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cancha.com/aplicacioneslibre/preacceso/articulo/default.aspx?id=108924&urlredirect=http://www.cancha.com/aplicaciones/Articulo/Default.aspx?Id=108924|title=Celis Jr. rumbo a Europa|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Open Racing.ru|language=Spanish|trans-title=Celis Jr. bound to Europe|accessdate=21 June 2014}} He had eleven point-scoring finishes, including podium in the closing race of the season at Zandvoort, finishing fourteenth in the series standings.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-renault-20-nec/2013/|title=Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=21 June 2014}}
=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.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109265|title=Alfonso Celis to make British F3 debut at the Nurburgring|last=Simmons|first=Marcus|date=14 August 2013|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket|accessdate=14 August 2013}}
=GP3 Series=
In 2014, Celis graduated to the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix, joining Nick Yelloly and Richie Stanaway in the team.{{cite news|url=http://www.gp3series.com/News/2014/April/Status-Grand-Prix/ |title=Status GP announce Alfonso Celis Jr to 2014 GP3 line-up |work=GP3 Series |publisher=GP2 Motorsport Limited |date=10 April 2014 |accessdate=10 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124657/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2014/April/Status-Grand-Prix/ |archivedate=13 April 2014 }} He finished 21st in the standings, only scoring points on one occasion. He switched to ART Grand Prix for the 2015 season.
=Formula One=
File:Alfonso Celis 2017 Catalonia test (27 Feb-2 Mar) Day 3 1.jpg in 2017.]]
Celis was signed as a development and free practice driver by the Force India team in Formula One for the 2016 season.{{cite web|title=Force India sign Alfonso Celis as development driver|url=https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/11/force-india-sign-alfonso-celis-as-development-driver.html|website=formula1.com|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|accessdate=31 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331173030/https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/11/force-india-sign-alfonso-celis-as-development-driver.html|archivedate=31 March 2016|date=19 November 2015}} He made his first appearance during free practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix.{{cite web|last1=Parkes|first1=Ian|title=Alfonso Celis Jr gets F1 practice run in Bahrain with Force India|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123438/|accessdate=31 March 2016|website=Autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Media Group|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331172713/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123438/|archivedate=31 March 2016|date=24 March 2016}}
He made his second appearance on 1 March 2017 on Day 3 of testing at Circuit de Catalunya.{{cite web|title=Celis Jr slots into Force India's test line-up|url=http://www.planetf1.com/news/celis-jr-slots-into-force-indias-test-line-up/|publisher=Planet F1|accessdate=2 March 2017|archive-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302193905/http://www.planetf1.com/news/celis-jr-slots-into-force-indias-test-line-up/|url-status=dead}}
=Indy Lights=
Celis signed with Juncos Racing to compete in Indy Lights in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.juncosracing.com/alfonso-celis-jr-joins-juncos-racing-for-2018-indy-lights-championship/|title=Alfonso Celis Jr. joins Juncos Racing for 2018 Indy Lights championship|website=juncosracing.com|date=2018-02-23|accessdate=2018-02-23|archive-date=24 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224053018/http://www.juncosracing.com/alfonso-celis-jr-joins-juncos-racing-for-2018-indy-lights-championship/|url-status=dead}}
===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=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
! Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! FLaps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
rowspan="4" | 2011
|align=left| Campeonato Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc |align=left| Nova / AST Racing | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 291 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
---|
align=left| LATAM Challenge Series
|align=left| Megaracing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16th |
align=left| Super Copa Telcel
|align=left| AT Motorsports |12 |0 |0 |0 |1 |964 |9th |
align=left| 24 Hours of Barcelona - Class A3T
|align=left| Astra Racing 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th |
2012
|align=left| Formula BMW Talent Cup |align=left| N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6th |
rowspan=4| 2013
|align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |align=left rowspan=4| Fortec Motorsports | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 14th |
align=left| British Formula 3 International Series
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11th |
align=left| FIA Formula 3 European Championship
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
align=left| Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
rowspan=3| 2014
|align=left| GP3 Series |align=left| Status Grand Prix | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st |
align=left| FIA Formula 3 European Championship
|align=left| Fortec Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
align=left| Formula Renault 3.5 Series
|align=left| Tech 1 Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
rowspan="3" | 2015
|align=left| GP3 Series |align=left| ART Grand Prix | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12th |
align=left| Formula Renault 3.5 Series
|align=left| AVF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16th |
align=left| Toyota Racing Series
|align=left| Giles Motorsport |13 |0 |0 |0 |0 |329 |17th |
rowspan=2| 2016
|align=left| Formula V8 3.5 Series |align=left| AVF | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 11th |
align=left| Formula One
|align=left| Sahara Force India F1 Team |colspan="7"| Test driver |
rowspan="2"| 2017
|align=left| World Series Formula V8 3.5 |align=left| Fortec Motorsports | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 204 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |
align=left| Formula One
|align=left| Sahara Force India F1 Team |colspan="7"| Test driver |
rowspan=2| 2018
|align=left| Indy Lights |align=left rowspan=2| Juncos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11th |
align=left| 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)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! Pos ! Points |
2013
! nowrap| Fortec Competition |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MST |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MST |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MST |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZAN |style="background:#ffffff;"| ZAN ! 14th ! 109 |
=Complete GP3 Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! Pos ! Points |
2014
!nowrap| Status Grand Prix |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YMC ! 21st ! 2 |
2015
!nowrap| ART Grand Prix |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA | MNZ | MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YMC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC ! 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)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
Year
! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! Pos ! Points |
---|
2014
!nowrap| Tech 1 Racing | MNZ | MNZ | ALC | ALC | MON | SPA | SPA | MSC | MSC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | JER | JER | ! 27th ! 0 |
2015
!nowrap| AVF |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER | ! 16th ! 17 |
2016
!nowrap| AVF |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LEC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT ! 11th ! 55 |
2017
!nowrap| Fortec Motorsports |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ALC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ALC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MEX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 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)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Points |
2015
!nowrap| Giles Motorsport | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RUA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RUA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RUA | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | TER | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TER | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | TER | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HMP | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HMP | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HMP | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TAU | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TAU | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TAU | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TAU | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAN | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAN | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAN ! 17th ! 329 |
=Complete Formula One participations=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
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 |
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{{F1|2016}}
!nowrap|Sahara Force India F1 Team !nowrap|Force India VJM09 !nowrap|Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t |AUS |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|BHR |CHN |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|RUS |ESP |MON |CAN |EUR |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|AUT |GBR |HUN |GER |BEL |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|ITA |SIN |MAL |JPN |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|USA |MEX |BRA |style="background:#F1F8FF;"|ABU ! – ! – |
{{F1|2017}}
!nowrap| Sahara Force India F1 Team !nowrap| Force India VJM10 !nowrap| Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t | AUS | CHN | BHR | RUS | ESP | MON | CAN | AZE |style="background:#F1F8FF;"| AUT | GBR |style="background:#F1F8FF;"| HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | MAL | JPN | USA |style="background:#F1F8FF;"| MEX | BRA | ABU | ! – ! – |
=American open-wheel racing results=
==Indy Lights==
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! Rank ! Points |
2018
!nowrap| Juncos Racing | STP | STP |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ALA |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ALA | IMS | IMS | INDY | RDA | RDA | IOW | TOR | TOR | MDO | MDO | GTW | POR | POR !style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |
==IndyCar Series==
(key)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! 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
!nowrap| Juncos Racing ! rowspan=1 nowrap| Dallara DW12 ! 32 ! rowspan=1 nowrap| Chevrolet | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR | SNM !style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{commonscat}}
- {{Official website|http://www.alfonsocelis.com}}
- {{DriverDB driver|alfonso-celis-jr}}
{{Juncos Hollinger Racing}}
{{ART Grand Prix}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celis, Alfonso Jr.}}
Category:Racing drivers from Mexico City
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Category:Mexican GP3 Series drivers
Category:World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
Category:Toyota Racing Series drivers
Category:IndyCar Series drivers
Category:ART Grand Prix drivers
Category:LATAM Challenge Series drivers
Category:Status Grand Prix drivers
Category:Tech 1 Racing drivers