Lia Block

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Lia Block
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Block in 2024
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (2006-10-01) October 1, 2006 (age 18)
Park City, Utah, United States
Related to Ken Block (father)
F1 Academy career
Debut season 2024
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car number57
Starts10
Previous series

Lia Block (born October 1, 2006) is an American racing driver currently competing in F1 Academy for ART Grand Prix. She is a member of the Williams Driver Academy. [1]

Contents

Block previously competed for Block House Racing in the American Rally Association, Carl Cox Motorsport in Extreme E, [2] [3] and in Nitrocross in the 2023–24 season for OSME. [4]

Career

American Rally Association

Lia Block made her American Rally Association debut in the 2021 Oregon Trail Rally. [5] She then competed full-time for the 2022 season. [6]

Block competed in the 2023 American Rally Association season in the Open 2WD (O2WD) class. [7] She became the youngest champion in the series' history. [2] [8]

On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Block would be competing in the 2024 Lake Superior Performance Rally, taking over Brandon Semenuk's Subaru WRX. [9]

Block driving a modified Subaru BRZ at the 2023 Oregon Trail Rally 2023 Oregon Trail Rally (52950274789).jpg
Block driving a modified Subaru BRZ at the 2023 Oregon Trail Rally

Extreme E

On July 3, 2023, Carl Cox Motorsport announced that they had signed Block for the remainder of the 2023 Extreme E season, partnering Timo Scheider and replacing Christine GZ. [3]

Nitrocross

On June 14, 2023, it was announced that Block would join OSME for the 2023–24 Nitrocross Championship. [4] After achieving a fourth-place finish in the first round, she won her second race on the road, but was later disqualified due to an unsafe rejoin in the early stages of the race. [10] Block drove Travis Pastrana's Group E car in the seventh race of the championship, becoming the first female driver to compete in the category. [11]

In 2024, Block returned to Group E for the first round of the championship, competing for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, where she achieved two 6th place finishes. [12]

F1 Academy

2024

Block leads Jessica Edgar in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024. 2024-08-25 Motorsport, Grosser Preis der Niederlande 2024, F1 Academy STP 3549 by Stepro.jpg
Block leads Jessica Edgar in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024.

In November 2023, Block was announced as a driver for ART Grand Prix for the 2024 season of F1 Academy in her first full season of open-wheel racing. She is supported by Williams Racing and joined the Williams Driver Academy. She is partnering McLaren developmental driver Bianca Bustamante and Ferrari Driver Academy driver Aurelia Nobels running for Puma. [1]

Block driving Keke Rosberg's 1982 Championship-winning FW08 at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood edited-234 (53864709103).jpg
Block driving Keke Rosberg's 1982 Championship-winning FW08 at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed

She debuted in Jeddah, qualifying in seventh for race one and in thirteenth for race two. She spun and hit the wall on the penultimate lap of race one and was classified in sixteenth place. In race two she made unavoidable contact with Lola Lovinfosse and was forced to pit. She crossed the line in ninth position but was classified in eleventh after post-race penalties. [13] Round two in Miami was a home race for Block. She spun in race one and ended in 15th. Race two was a closer fight, as she was classified 11th but moved up to 10th for post-race penalties, thus scoring her first point in F1 Academy. [14] The next round in Barcelona saw her continue her point scoring streak, converting two top-10 starting positions into a 10th place and 6th place, respectively. [15]

2025

Block was retained by Williams Racing and ART Grand Prix for the 2025 season. [16]

Personal life

Block is the daughter of the American rally driver Ken Block, who died in a snowmobile accident on January 2, 2023. [17] [18]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2021 American Rally Association - 2WD Hoonigan Racing Division 10N/AN/A00NC
2022 American Rally Association - 2WD Hoonigan Racing Division 60N/AN/A2495th
2022-23 Nitrocross Championship - SXS 40N/AN/A01408th
2023 American Rally Association - O2WD Block House Racing54N/AN/A51141st
American Rally Association - O4WD 10N/AN/A00NC
Extreme E Championship Carl Cox Motorsport 60N/AN/A02714th
2023–24 Nitrocross Championship - NEXT OMSE 70N/AN/A33276th
Nitrocross Championship - Group E Vermont SportsCar 10N/AN/A03219th
2024 Formula Winter Series GRS Team80000045th
F4 Spanish Championship 60000036th
F1 Academy ART Grand Prix 140000448th
Italian F4 Championship 30000049th
2024–25 Nitrocross Championship - Group E Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge 40N/AN/A0114*8th*
2025 F1 Academy ART Grand Prix

* Season still in progress.

Complete American Rally Association results

(key) (small number denotes the finishing position)

YearTeamCarClass123456789Pos.Points
2021 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta R2 2WD Sno*Drift Rally in the 100 Acre WoodOlympus Rally
8
Southern Ohio Forrest RallyNew England Forrest RallyOjibwe Forests Rally

LSPR

Oregon Trail Rally
RET
NC0
2022 Ford Fiesta R2T 2WD Sno*Drift Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
5
Olympus Rally
8
Oregon Trail Rally
7
Southern Ohio Forrest Rally
3
New England Forrest RallyOjibwe Forests RallySusquehannock Trail Rally
3
LSPR
RET
5th49
2023Block House Racing Subaru BRZ (ZC6) O2WD Sno*Drift Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
2
Olympus Rally
1
Oregon Trail Rally
1
Southern Ohio Forrest Rally
1
New England Forrest Rally
1
Ojibwe Forests RallyLSPR1st114
Ford Escort RS Cosworth O4WD Sno*Drift Rally in the 100 Acre WoodOlympus RallyOregon Trail RallySouthern Ohio Forrest RallyNew England Forrest RallyOjibwe Forests RallyLSPR
RET
NC0
2024 Subaru Motorsports USA Subaru WRX (VB) O4WD Sno*Drift Rally in the 100 Acre WoodOlympus RallyOregon Trail RallySouthern Ohio Forrest RallyOjibwe Forests RallyOvermountain Rally TennesseeLake Superior Performance Rally
Source: [19]

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910Pos.Points
2023 Carl Cox Motorsport Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES 1 DES 2 HYD 1 HYD 2 ISL 1
9
ISL 2
10
ISL 3
5
ISL 4
8
COP 1
6
COP 2
9
14th27

Complete Nitrocross results

Complete Nitrocross NEXT results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910Pos.Points
2023–24 OMSE Olsbergs MSE
SuperCar Lites
MID1
4
MID2
DSQ
UTH1
DSQ
UTH2
4
WHP1
3
WHP2
2
HLN1
2
HLN2 LAS1
LAS2
6th327

Complete Nitrocross Group E results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910Pos.Points
2023–24 Vermont
SportsCar
Olsbergs MSE
FC1-X
MID1 UMC1 UMC2 WHP1 WHP2 HLN1 HLN2
8
STA LAS1 LAS2 19th32
2024-25 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-XRIC1
6
RIC2
6
UMC1
9
UMC2
5
FMP1
FMP2
MIA1
MIA2
LAS1
LAS2
8th*114*

Complete Formula Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112DCPoints
2024 GRS Team JER
1

29
JER
2

30
JER
3

35
CRT
1

28
CRT
2

25
CRT
3

WD
ARA
1

30
ARA
2

26†
ARA
3

29†
CAT
1

CAT
2

CAT
3

45th0

* Season still in progress

Complete F1 Academy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2024 ART Grand Prix JED
1

16†
JED
2

11
MIA
1

15
MIA
2

10
CAT
1

10
CAT
2

6
ZAN
1

9
ZAN
2

15
SIN
1

4
SIN
2

4
LSL
1

6
LSL
2

C
ABU
1

12
ABU
2

12
ABU
2

15
8th44
2025 ART Grand Prix

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2024 GRS Team JAR
1
JAR
2
JAR
3
POR
1

28
POR
2

25
POR
3

27
LEC
1

17
LEC
2

23
LEC
3

27
ARA
1
ARA
2
ARA
3
CRT
1
CRT
2
CRT
3
JER
1
JER
2
JER
3
CAT
1
CAT
2
CAT
3
36th0

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