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.
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.
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.
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 6th in the standings.
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.
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