{"id":780976,"date":"2026-07-05T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780976\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:13:09","slug":"ernesto-rivera-loses-podium-several-drivers-penalised-after-silverstone-feature-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780976\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernesto Rivera loses podium, several drivers penalised after Silverstone Feature Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following today\u2019s FIA Formula 3 Feature Race at Silverstone, Ernesto Rivera and several other drivers have been handed penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, Ernesto Rivera has been given a five-second time penalty for failing to follow the race Director\u2019s competition notes in relation to weaving after the bridge between Turn 14 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>The Race Director instructed the drivers that weaving is not permitted after the bridge between Turn 14 and Turn 15 during the Team Managers and Driver Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Stewards examined video evidence and heard from both the driver and a Campos Racing representative.<\/p>\n<p>It was determined that Car 3 was weaving after the bridge approaching Turn 15, and the Stewards imposed a five-second time penalty in line with previous precedent. <\/p>\n<p>This drops Rivera out of the podium places.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, James Wharton has also been given a five-second penalty for weaving after the bridge between Turn 14 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>The Stewards examined video evidence and spoke to both the driver and a PREMA Racing representative.<\/p>\n<p>Having considered the matter, the Stewards imposed a five-second time penalty in line with previous precedents.<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Giusti has also been given a five-second time penalty for failing to follow the race Director\u2019s competition notes in relation to weaving after the bridge between Turn 14 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>The Stewards examined video evidence and spoke to Giusti and an MP Motorsport representative.<br \/>\nHaving considered the matter, the Stewards imposed a five-second time penalty in line with previous precedents.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Nandhuvad Bhirombhakdi has also been given a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits on five different occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The Stewards received a report from the Race Director and reviewed video evidence and determined that Car 30 exceeded track limits on five separate occasions.<\/p>\n<p>They therefore handed him a five-second time penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following today\u2019s FIA Formula 3 Feature Race at Silverstone, Ernesto Rivera and several other drivers have been handed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-780976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}