Alfonso Celis junior

Alfonso Celis jr at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring 2014

Alfonso Celis junior (born September 18, 1996 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican racing driver . He competed in Formula V8 3.5 from 2014 to 2017 .

Career

Celis began his motorsport career in karting in 2009 , where he remained active until 2011. In 2011 he also made his debut in touring car racing and won the Campeonato Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc with five wins from seven races. He also took part in two formula sports races in the LATAM Challenge Series . In 2012 Celis completed the Formula BMW Talent Cup , a training competition.

In 2013 Celis started in several formula racing championships. He was first third in the winter series of the Panam GP Series . In the following main series he won a race and reached seventh place overall. In Europe he competed for Fortec Competition in the northern European Formula Renault . With a third place as the best result, Celis was in 14th place overall at the end of the season. In addition, Celis took part in one racing weekend each in the British and European Formula 3 championships for Fortec .

In 2014 Celis received a cockpit at Status Grand Prix and competed for the racing team in the GP3 series . While his teammates Nick Yelloly and Richie Stanaway won races and scored regularly, Celis only scored once with a seventh place. He finished the season in 21st place overall. In addition, Celis took part in a Formula Renault 3.5 event for Tech 1 Racing and in a European Formula 3 championship event for Fortec Motorsports. In early 2015 , Celis competed for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series . He was 17th in the drivers' championship. Celis then completed a dual program. For ART Grand Prix he competed in the GP3 series . There he finished the season with a third place as the best result in twelfth place in the drivers' standings. For AVF he started in Formula Renault 3.5 . With a fourth place as the best result, he reached 16th place overall. In addition, Celis became a test driver for the Formula 1 racing team Force India in November 2015 .

In 2016 , Celis stayed with AVF in Formula V8 3.5, the renamed Formula Renault 3.5. While his team-mate Tom Dillmann won the championship title, Celis improved to eleventh place in the championship with a third place as the best result. In addition, Celis remained a Formula 1 test driver with Force India in 2016 .

statistics

Career stations

2009–2011: karting 2011: Campeonato Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc (Champion) 2011: LATAM Challenge Series (15th place) 2012: Formula BMW Talent Cup 2013: Panam GP Series , winter series (3rd place) 2013: Panam GP Series (7th place) 2013: Northern European Formula Renault (14th place) 2013 : European Formula 3

2013 : British Formula 3 (11th place) 2014 : GP3 series (21st place) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (27th place) 2014 : European Formula 3 2015 : Toyota Racing Series (17th place) 2015 : GP3 series (12th place) 2015 : Formula Renault 3.5 (16th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2016 : Formula V8 3.5 (11th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : World Series Formula V8 3.5 (3rd place) 2017 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2018 : IndyCar Series (36th place) 2018: Indy Lights (11th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2013	Fortec Motorsports	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						0	-
																								DNF	17th	DNF
2014	Fortec Motorsports	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			0	-
																								19th	15th	DNF

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2014	Status Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		2	21st
		18th	DNF	DNF	19th	16	10	DNF	23 *	16	22nd	12	15th	16	DNF	16	7th	16	DNF
2015	ART Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		24	12.
		10	10	15th	DNF	13	11	18th	15th	6th	3			13	12	8th	8th	DNF	19th

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5 / Formula V8 3.5 / World Series Formula V8 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2014	Tech 1 racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ			0	27.
											16	12
2015	AVF	ALC		MON	SPA		HUN		SPI		SIL		ONLY		LMS		JRZ			17th	16.
		DNF	8th	DNF	13	11	14th	16	DNF	12	13	12	10	4th	DNF	16	15th	DNF
2016	AVF	ALC		HUN		SPA		LEC		SIL		SPI		MNZ		JER		CAT		55	11.
		6th	8th	DNF	DNF	10	3	11	8th	DNF	11	4th	7th	9	10	DNF	9	DNF	13
2017	Fortec Motorsport	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		ONLY		MEX		COA		BRN		204	3.
		3	6th	1	3	4th	DNF	6th	4th	3	2	2	8th	5	2	8th	5	6th	8th

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2018	Juncos Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	23	36.
											20th						17th

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Allen: “Alfonso Celis confirmed with Status in GP3 for 2014”. paddockscout.com, April 10, 2014, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
2. ^ Peter Allen: "Cameron Twynham and Alfonso Celis join FR3.5 field for Nurburgring". paddockscout.com, July 11, 2014, accessed July 11, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: ART signs Alfonso Celis as first GP3 ​​driver for 2015. paddockscout.com, January 9, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2015 (English). 
4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Alfonso Celis adds 3.5 campaign with AVF to 2015 schedule. paddockscout.com, February 11, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Philip Schajer: F1 - Force India committed Mexicans Celis. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 19, 2015, accessed on November 12, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Peter Mills: Alfonso Celis Jr commits to 2016 Formula 3.5 V8 with AVF. autosport.com, October 26, 2015, accessed November 5, 2016 . 

Web links

• Official website of Alfonso Celis junior
• Career statistics of Alfonso Celis junior (English)