Lia Block

Lia Block
Block in 2024
Nationality	American
Born	(2006-10-01) October 1, 2006 (age 18) Park City, Utah, U.S.
Related to	Ken Block (father) Lucy Block (mother) Mika Block (brother) Kira Block (sister)
F1 Academy career
Debut season	2024
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car number	57
Starts	24
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	8th in 2024
Previous series
2025 2024 2024 2023–24 2023 2021–2023	ARA East F4 Spanish Formula Winter Series Nitrocross NEXT Extreme E American Rally Association

Lia Block (born October 1, 2006) is an American racing driver who competes in F1 Academy for ART Grand Prix as part of the Williams Driver Academy and also competes in ARA East for Block House Racing in a Ford Fiesta Rally3 with sponsorship from Rockstar Energy.

Block previously competed in the in the American Rally Association, she has also raced for Carl Cox Motorsport in Extreme E, and for OMSE and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in Nitrocross.

Career

American Rally Association

Lia Block made her American Rally Association debut in the 2021 Oregon Trail Rally. ^[1] She then competed full-time for the 2022 season. ^[2]

Block competed in the 2023 American Rally Association season in the Open 2WD (O2WD) class. ^[3] She became the youngest champion in the series' history. ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

Nitrocross

On June 14, 2023, it was announced that Block would join OSME for the 2023–24 Nitrocross Championship. ^[8] 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. ^[9] 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. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

F1 Academy

2024

Block leads Jess 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. ^[12]

Block driving Keke Rosberg's 1982 Championship-winning FW08 at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Block 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 and Gymkhana racer and founder of Hoonigan Ken Block, who died in a snowmobile accident on January 2, 2023. ^{[17] [18]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	American Rally Association - 2WD	Hoonigan Racing Division	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	NC
2022	American Rally Association - 2WD	Hoonigan Racing Division	6	0	N/A	N/A	2	49	5th
2022–23	Nitrocross Championship - SXS		4	0	N/A	N/A	0	140	8th
2023	American Rally Association - O2WD	Block House Racing	5	4	N/A	N/A	5	114	1st
	American Rally Association - O4WD		1	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	NC
	Extreme E Championship	Carl Cox Motorsport	6	0	N/A	N/A	0	27	14th
2023–24	Nitrocross Championship - NEXT	OMSE	7	0	N/A	N/A	3	327	6th
	Nitrocross Championship - Group E	Vermont SportsCar	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	32	19th
2024	Formula Winter Series	GRS Team	8	0	0	0	0	0	45th
	F4 Spanish Championship		6	0	0	0	0	0	36th
	F1 Academy	ART Grand Prix	14	0	0	0	0	44	8th
	Italian F4 Championship		3	0	0	0	0	0	49th
2024–25	Nitrocross Championship - Group E	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge	4	0	N/A	N/A	0	114	8th
2025	Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship	ART Grand Prix	6	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
	F1 Academy		10	0	0	0	1	23*	9th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete American Rally Association results

(key) (small number denotes the finishing position)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2021	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta R2	O2WD	Sno*Drift	Rally in the 100 Acre Wood	Olympus Rally 8	Southern Ohio Forrest Rally	New England Forrest Rally	Ojibwe Forests Rally LSPR	Oregon Trail Rally RET			NC	0
2022		Ford Fiesta R2T	O2WD	Sno*Drift	Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 5	Olympus Rally 8	Oregon Trail Rally 7	Southern Ohio Forrest Rally 3	New England Forrest Rally	Ojibwe Forests Rally	Susquehannock Trail Rally 3	LSPR RET	5th	49
2023	Block 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 Rally	LSPR		1st	114
		Ford Escort RS Cosworth	O4WD	Sno*Drift	Rally in the 100 Acre Wood	Olympus Rally	Oregon Trail Rally	Southern Ohio Forrest Rally	New England Forrest Rally	Ojibwe Forests Rally	LSPR RET		NC	0
2024	Subaru Motorsports USA	Subaru WRX (VB)	O4WD	Sno*Drift	Rally in the 100 Acre Wood	Olympus Rally	Oregon Trail Rally	Southern Ohio Forrest Rally	Ojibwe Forests Rally	Overmountain Rally Tennessee	LSPR RET		NC	0
Source: [19]

ARA East

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2025	Block House Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally3	L4WD	Sno*Drift Super Regional	Southern Ohio Forest Regional Rally	Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally	Boone Forest Rally 1	Overmountain Rally Tennessee	14th*	12
Source: [19]

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	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	14th	27

Complete Nitrocross results

Complete Nitrocross NEXT results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	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	6th	327

Complete Nitrocross Group E results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Vermont SportsCar	Olsbergs MSE FC1-X	MID1	UMC1	UMC2	WHP1	WHP2	HLN1	HLN2 8	STA	LAS1	LAS2	19th	32
2024-25	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge	Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X	RIC1 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)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
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	45th	0

Complete F1 Academy 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	DC	Points
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	8th	44
2025	ART Grand Prix	SHA 1 9	SHA 2 9	JED 1 12	JED 2 14	MIA 1 10	MIA 2 C	CAN 1 4	CAN 2 8	CAN 3 Ret	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 12	SIN 1	SIN 2	LVG 1	LVG 2	9th*	23*

* Season still in progress.
† Did not finish, but classified

Complete F4 Spanish 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	DC	Points
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	36th	0

Complete Italian F4 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	DC	Points
2024	ART Grand Prix	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	MNZ 1 30	MNZ 2 23	MNZ 3 Ret	49th	0

Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter 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	DC	Points
2025	ART Grand Prix	JER 1 24	JER 2 17	JER 3 Ret	POR 1 21	POR 2 17	POR 3 22	NAV 1	NAV 2	NAV 3	33rd	0

References

1. Roepke, Michele (November 9, 2021). "Ken Block's daughter, Lia, joins the family business, car racing". TownLift, Park City News. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
2. Beckford, Andrew (March 20, 2022). "Ken Block and His Family Are Competing in Same Rally Championship This Year". The Drive. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
3. Bell, Sebastien (March 16, 2023). "Lia Block To Race Subaru BRZ With Camo Inspired By Her Dad's First Race Livery". Carscoops. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
4. Perkins, Chris (October 10, 2023). "Lia Block Just Won Her First Rally Championship". Road & Track. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
5. Brownell, Bradley (October 10, 2023). "Lia Block Is A Rally Champion". Jalopnik. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
6. Evans, David (October 1, 2024). "Block joins Subaru for ARA season finale". DirtFish. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
7. Barry, Luke (July 3, 2023). "Lia Block joins Extreme E grid". DirtFish. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
8. Wilde, Dominik (June 14, 2023). "Lia Block to take next step in rallycross career". Racer .
9. Wilde, Dominik. "Lia Block to race in Extreme E". Racer. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
10. Evans, David (December 9, 2023). "Block makes history as first female Group E racer". DirtFish. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
11. Rampersaud, Tyler (September 9, 2024). "Lia Block Will Drive A 1,000HP Dodge Hornet Race Car In Nitrocross". duPont REGISTRY News. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
12. "Lia Block to drive for Williams Racing in F1 Academy". Williams Racing. November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
13. "Lia Block's Jeddah Weekend Recap: It's all a learning curve". F1® Academy. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
14. "Academy Report: Block gets off the mark in Miami". Williams Racing. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
15. "Round 3 in Review: Leading protagonists emerge and glory on home turf". F1® Academy. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
16. "Lia Block returns for 2025 campaign with Williams". F1 Academy . November 22, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
17. Engle, Greg (July 3, 2023). "Lia Block, Daughter Of Ken Block, Following Path Her Dad Started Into Extreme E" . Retrieved February 12, 2024.
18. White, Emmet (January 3, 2023). "Ken Block, Car Culture Luminary, Honored By Enthusiast World". AutoWeek. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
19. "Lia Block - eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

External links

https://youtube.com/@blockhouseracing?si=IaFTfCTJs_wbhPYA Block's YouTube channel