Juan Cota

Juan Cota Alonso (born 19 September 2007) is a Spanish racing driver who last competed in the F4 Spanish Championship for MP Motorsport. He also competed in two rounds of the 2025 Eurocup-3 season.

Cota won a gold medal at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games, representing Spain.

Career

Formula 4

2023 Cota made his debut in Formula 4 machinery in the Inaugural season of the Formula Winter Series with Drivex. He continued with Drivex for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship. Having achieved two points finishes with a high of fifth place, he finished 15th in the standings with 14 points.

2024 During the pre-season, Cota partook in the 2024 Formula Winter Series with MP Motorsport. In the F4 Spanish Championship, he won his first three races in the Valencia round. At the FIA Motorsport Games, Cota competed in the Formula 4 Cup, where he won the qualifying and main race. In the season finale of the F4 Spanish Championship, he won his fourth and final race of the season. Cota finished fourth in the standings, amassing a total of 186 points in an impressive sophomore season.

2025 Following a strong 2024 Spanish F4, on 23 December 2024, Drivex announced that Cota would join the outfit for the 2025 Eurocup-3 season. However, Cota announced that he would instead compete in the 2025 F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport, citing that he felt MP gave a better path towards Formula One for his future, as they have a team in F2, F3, and Formula Regional Championships. His 2025 would be a step backwards however, as he scored no wins, four podiums throughout the year, and finished the season sixth in the standings.

Eurocup-3 2025 On 23 December 2024, Drivex announced that Cota would join the outfit for the 2025 Eurocup-3 season, later being announced to race in only two rounds instead. He competed the first two rounds of winter series with the team.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2018 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Mini Unomatricula K-Team 8th Spanish Karting Championship - Cadet 11th 2019 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Mini Kart Republic Spain 4th IAME Euro Series - X30 Mini 20th Spanish Karting Championship - Cadet2nd 2020 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior Kart Republic Spain 21st 2022 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Senior KR Motorsport 34th Spanish Karting Championship - Senior Kart Republic Motorsport 5th

Racing record Racing career summary

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)