News Details

Celis has one eye on 2017 Force India race drive

Mexcian teen Alfonso Celis Jr believes he can be a contender for a 2017 Force India seat after being confirmed as development driver for the team in 2016. Ahead of his first appearance with the Silverstone-based team in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the 19-year-old spoke exclusively with Motorsport.com about his new role. "I am really pleased to be able to announce this," said Celis. "We have been speaking since almost the beginning of the year. "Then I started working with them, doing the simulator work, after which they decided that I was able to be the development driver for 2016. "And if I perform well, I could be a [race] driver in the 2017 season." As part of...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Celis joins Force India for F1 practice runs

Force India has announced that GP3 and Formula 3.5 driver Alfonso Celis...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Massa keen to re-sign with Williams

Felipe Massa says he is eager to extend his stay in Formula 1 with...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Ecclestone expects BBC to honour UK TV contract

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists there are no grounds for the...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Gascoyne linked with F1 return for Renault

Mike Gascoyne has been linked with a return to formula one with Renault....
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin reveals how Marco Bezzecchi pushed him...

Jorge Martin admits that Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi is pushing him...

Francesco Bagnaia: MotoGP should hold a test before...

Francesco Bagnaia has called on MotoGP to hold a test before racing at a...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool in contact with reps of 40-G/A star as...

Real Madrid playmaker Arda Guler continues to be linked with a move away...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal keen on signing teenage Bundesliga striker to...

Arsenal are allegedly interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen star...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I'm thinking about…' – Man United,...

Nottingham Forest central midfielder Elliot Anderson insists he's only...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.