Emily Cotty (born 14 August 2009) is a British and New Zealander racing driver currently competing for R-ace GP in the Italian F4 Championship.
Career Karting Cotty took up horse riding at an early age, before beginning her karting career when she was nine, with the use of indoor karts. During Covid, Cotty competed in various IKR rounds and in 2022 took the step up into national MSUK club competition, before spending two seasons in the Super One Series, winning the Junior Rotax title in 2024.
Formula 4 2024 After a planned drive in Nordic 4 with STEP Motorsport fell through, Cotty elected to test Formula 4 machinery for most of 2024, before making her single-seater debut for Phinsys by Argenti in the F4 British Championship. Racing at the Silverstone (National) round, Cotty finished 18th and 19th in her first two races in single-seaters. Later that year, Cotty competed in Formula Trophy UAE with AGI Sport, finishing the championship in 23rd, with a best result of 15th in the penultimate race at Yas Marina.
2025 Cotty joined the 2025 F4 Middle East Championship as her first full season of single seater racing. Her first points finish came during race 2 at the Dubai Autodrome round, finishing 12th, before taking her best result of 11th the following round at Yas Marina and securing her second rookie podium of the season. During that winter, Cotty also made a one-off appearance for Hitech TGR in the season-ending round of the Formula Winter Series at Barcelona, in which she took a best result of 15th in race one.
Cotty competed in the Italian F4 Championship with R-ace GP. She finished 17th during her debut at the Misano World Circuit for round 1, and 16th during the next round at Vallelunga Circuit. Additional class wins at Monza, Mugello, and Imola helped extend her lead in the championship. Cotty had her personal best finish of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, finishing in 11th during race two. She clinched the women's title during the final round at Misano by 51 points over rival Payton Westcott.
2026 The following year, Cotty remained with the French team for a dual campaign in the UAE4 Series and Italian F4 Championship. In the former, Cotty scored a best result of second in the reverse-grid race of the first Yas Marina round en route to a tenth-place points finish at the end of the season.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2022BMKR Championship – Mini MaxAttaq Motorsport11th2023Fulbeck Sprint Series – Junior Rotax44thShenington Kart Racing Club – Junior Max16thLGM Series – X30 JuniorEvolve Motorsport13thSuper One Series – Junior Rotax7thBritish Kart Championship – Junior RotaxPrivateer61st2024Super One Series – Junior Rotax1stShenington Kart Racing Club – Junior Max24thBritish Kart Championship – Junior RotaxArgenti Motorsport32ndSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2024 F4 British Championship Phinsys by Argenti 2 0 0 0 0 0 33rd Formula Trophy UAE AGI Sport 4 0 0 0 0 0 23rd2025 Formula Winter Series Hitech TGR 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† F4 Middle East Championship R-ace GP 15 0 0 0 0 3 21st Italian F4 Championship 18 0 0 0 0 0 31stE4 Championship 9 0 0 0 0 0 27thFIA F4 World Cup 1 0 0 0 0 12th 2026 UAE4 Series R-ace GP 12 0 0 0 1 37 10thItalian F4 Championship 8 0 0 0 0 1* 42nd*Le Mans Cup – LMP3Bretton Racing * *Sources: † As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.
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 Phinsys by Argenti 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 33rd 0 2025 Fortec Motorsport DPN1 DPN2 DPN3 SILGP1 SILGP2 SILGP3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SILGP1 SILGP2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 DPGP1 DPGP2 DPGP3 SILN1 SILN2 SILN3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 NC† 0
† As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula Trophy UAE results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
YearTeam1234567DCPoints2024 AGI Sport DUB1 DUB2 DUB3YMC11YMC12YMC21YMC22 23rd 0
Complete F4 Middle East Championship / UAE4 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 13 14 15 DC Points 2025 R-ace GPYMC11YMC12YMC13YMC21YMC22YMC23DUB1DUB2DUB3YMC31YMC32YMC33LUS1LUS2LUS3 21st 3 2026 R-ace GPYMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21YMC22YMC23DUB1DUB2DUB3LUS1LUS2LUS3 10th 37
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 2025 Hitech TGRPOR1POR2POR3CRT1CRT2CRT3ARA1ARA2ARA3CAT1CAT2CAT3 NC† 0
† As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete Italian F4 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 DC Points 2025 R-ace GPMIS11MIS12MIS13MIS14 VLL1VLL2VLL3VLL4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MUG1MUG2MUG3IMO1IMO2IMO3CAT1 CAT2CAT3MIS21 MIS22MIS23MIS24MIS25 31st 0 2026 R-ace GPMIS11MIS12MIS13MIS14VLL1VLL2VLL3VLL4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MNZ4MUG11MUG12MUG13MUG14IMO1IMO2IMO3IMO4MIS21MIS22MIS23MIS24MUG21MUG22MUG23MUG24 42nd* 1* Season still in progress.
Complete E4 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 DC Points 2025 R-ace GPLEC1LEC2LEC3MUG1MUG2MUG3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3 27th 0
Complete FIA F4 World Cup results Year Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2025 Mygale M21-F4 16th DNF 12th
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