Emily Cotty
Emily Cotty 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 2024 [F4 British Championship|F4 British Championship]. Racing at the Silverstone round, Cotty finished 18th and 19th in her first two races in single-seaters. Later that year, Cotty competed in 2024 [Formula Trophy UAE|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 2025 [Italian F4 Championship|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.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results
| 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 | DPN 1 | DPN 2 | DPN 3 | BHI 1 | BHI 2 | BHI 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | SILGP 1 | SILGP 2 | SILGP 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | DPGP 1 | DPGP 2 | DPGP 3 | DPGP 4 | SILN 1 19 | SILN 2 C | SILN 3 18 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | BHGP 4 | 33rd | 0 |
| 2025 | Fortec Motorsport | DPN 1 | DPN 2 | DPN 3 | SILGP 1 | SILGP 2 | SILGP 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SILGP 1 18 | SILGP 2 16 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | DPGP 1 | DPGP 2 | DPGP 3 | SILN 1 | SILN 2 | SILN 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | NC† | 0 |
† As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula Trophy UAE results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | AGI Sport | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | YMC1 1 21 | YMC1 2 Ret | YMC2 1 15 | YMC2 2 16 | 23rd | 0 |
Complete F4 Middle East Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2025 F4 [Middle East Championship|2025] | R-ace GP | YMC1 1 17 | YMC1 2 14 | YMC1 3 21 | YMC2 1 20 | YMC2 2 25 | YMC2 3 20 | DUB 1 20 | DUB 2 12 | DUB 3 20 | YMC3 1 16 | YMC3 2 11 | YMC3 3 21 | LUS 1 Ret | LUS 2 16 | LUS 3 16 | 21st | 3 |
Complete Formula Winter Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | Hitech TGR | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | CAT 1 15 | CAT 2 18 | CAT 3 23 | NC† | 0 |
† As Cotty was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
| 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 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | R-ace GP | MIS1 1 17 | MIS1 2 Ret | MIS1 3 | MIS1 4 24 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 16 | VLL 3 18 | VLL 4 27 | MNZ 1 23 | MNZ 2 30 | MNZ 3 24 | MUG 1 21 | MUG 2 34† | MUG 3 WD | IMO 1 33† | IMO 2 C | IMO 3 19 | CAT 1 23 | CAT 2 11 | CAT 3 C | MIS2 1 20 | MIS2 2 21 | MIS2 3 | MIS2 4 DNQ | MIS2 5 20 | 31st | 0 |
Complete E4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | R-ace GP | LEC 1 13 | LEC 2 20 | LEC 3 Ret | MUG 1 Ret | MUG 2 27 | MUG 3 25 | MNZ 1 19 | MNZ 2 24 | MNZ 3 18 | 27th | 0 |
Complete UAE4 Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2026 | R-ace GP | YMC1 1 11 | YMC1 2 2 | YMC1 3 5 | YMC2 1 12 | YMC2 2 8 | YMC2 3 15 | DUB 1 8 | DUB 2 13 | DUB 3 10 | LUS 1 | LUS 2 | LUS 3 | 9th* | 37* |
Season still in progress