Alfonso Celis Jr.
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, 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. He 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. Racing record. Complete GP3 Series results. 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. Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.