Emily Cotty

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 † 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)

Complete F4 Middle East Championship / UAE4 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† 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) Season still in progress.

Complete E4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA F4 World Cup results Year Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2025 Mygale M21-F4 16th DNF 12th