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.

For 2012, Celis 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 finished 21st in the standings, only scoring points on one occasion. He switched 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.

Celis 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.

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 Motorsports1200019649th 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 Motorsport13000032917th 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 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NÜR1 NÜR2 SIL1 SIL2 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 MST1 MST2 MST3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 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 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR23† HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 21st 2 2015 ART Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 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 MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 27th 0 2015 AVF ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 JER1 JER2 16th 17 2016 AVF ALC1 ALC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 55 2017 Fortec Motorsports SIL1 SIL2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 ALC1 ALC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MEX1 MEX2 COA1 COA2 BHR1 BHR2 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 RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 TAU4 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 17th 329

Complete Formula One participations (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718192021WDCPointsSahara Force India F1 TeamForce India VJM09Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 tAUSBHRCHNRUSESPMONCANEURAUTGBRHUNGERBELITASINMALJPNUSAMEXBRAABU – – 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 GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX 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 Ref 2018 Juncos Racing STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH GTW POR POR 11th 27

IndyCar Series (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 2018 Juncos Racing 32 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW POR SNM 36th 23

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