Ernesto Rivera Pavlovich (born 1 December 2008) is a Mexican racing driver who last competed in FIA Formula 3 with Campos Racing as part of the Red Bull Junior Team.
He is a winner in Spanish F4, placing fifth in 2024. Rivera then graduated to Eurocup-3 in 2025, placing fourth.
Career
Karting Rivera has an impressive karting record. He was a regular at the front of the SKUSA SuperNationals between 2021 and 2023. In 2022, Rivera won the SuperNationals in the X30 Junior class, followed by a debut in the KA100 Junior category, which resulted in an appearance in the finale. 2023 resulted in further success, as he finished second in the Rotax US Trophy, as he joined the championship in the Senior category. at the SuperNationals, Rivera won both the X30 Junior and the KA100 Senior titles. He ended the year in Bahrain at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals.
Formula 4 In 2024, it was announced that Rivera would be stepping up to cars to join Campos Racing for the 2024 Formula Winter Series and the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship. In the Formula Winter Series, he showed signs of pace, and scored one podium over eleven races, as he finished 15th in the championship and fourth in the rookie standings. As he moved on to his main season in the F4 Spanish Championship, he impressed immediately as he secured a podium in the first round of the season at Jaramá. Rivera then proceeded to win his first race in the championship in Portimão. He had a consistent year compared to his rivals, scoring points in all but six races, as he finished a respectable fifth place in his rookie season of car-racing. He later announced that he would be competing in one round of the 2024 F4 British Championship at Zandvoort with Hitech Pulse-Eight.
Formula Regional 2025 In January 2025, Campos Racing announced that Rivera would step up to Eurocup-3 with them for 2025. He drove with the team as a guest driver in the final round of the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship, with a best finish of sixth in race one.
2026 In preparation for his Formula 3 campaign, Rivera would compete in the pre-season Formula Regional Oceania Trophy with M2 Competition.
FIA Formula 3
Rivera will make the jump to Formula 3 in , remaining with Campos Racing. He was replaced by Patrick Heuzenroeder for Barcelona pre-season testing after sustaining a back injury during the final round of the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy.
Formula One In September 2024, it was confirmed that Rivera would be joining the Red Bull Junior Team after a successful trial at the Red Bull Driver Search. He would join the academy with three other young drivers.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2021SKUSA SuperNationals - X30 JuniorHRI Mexico34th2022SKUSA SuperNationals - X30 JuniorRolison Performance Group1stSKUSA SuperNationals - KA100 Jr.39th2023Rotax US Trophy - Senior Max2ndSKUSA SuperNationals - X30 JuniorRolison Performance Group1stSKUSA SuperNationals - X30 Senior25thSKUSA SuperNationals - KA100 Sr.1stRotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Rotax SeniorNCSources:
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2024Formula Winter SeriesCampos Racing 11 0 0 0 1 24 15thF4 Spanish Championship Griffin Core by Campos Racing 21 1 0 0 2 148 5thF4 British ChampionshipHitech Pulse-Eight 3 0 0 0 0 18 22nd 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Pinnacle Motorsport 15 0 0 0 1 101 9th Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Eurocup-3 18 3 2 1 7 176 4th 2026Formula Regional Oceania TrophyM2 Competition 13 0 1 1 2 134 11th FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 17 2 0 1 3 87 7th Season in progress. † As Rivera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Winter 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 DC Points 2024 Campos Racing JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 15th 24
Complete F4 Spanish Championship 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 19 20 21 DC Points2024 Griffin Core byCampos RacingJAR1 JAR2JAR3POR1 POR2POR3LEC1LEC2LEC3ARA1ARA2ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3JER1JER2JER3CAT1CAT2CAT35th148
Complete F4 British Championship 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 DC Points 2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight DPN1 DPN2 DPN3 BHI1 BHI2 BHI3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SILGP1 SILGP2 SILGP3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 DPGP1 DPGP2 DPGP3 DPGP4 SILN1 SILN2 SILN3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 BHGP4 22nd 18
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship 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 DC Points 2025 Pinnacle Motorsport YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 9th 101
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam12345678DCPoints2025Campos RacingJER1JER2JER3POR1POR2POR3ARA1ARA2 NC† 0 † As Rivera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Eurocup-3 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 DC Points 2025 Campos RacingRBR1RBR2POR1PORSRPOR2LEC1LECSRLEC2MNZ1MNZ2ASS1ASS2SPA1SPA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 4th 176
Complete Formula Regional Oceania Trophy 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 2026 M2 CompetitionHMP1HMP2HMP3HMP4TAU1TAU2TAU3TAU4TER1TER2TER3TER4HIG1 HIG2HIG3HIG4 11th 134
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 19 DC Points 2026 Campos Racing MELSPR MELFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA MADSPR MADFEA1 MADFEA2 7th 87
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