Lia Block | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Park City, Utah, United States | October 1, 2006
Related to | Ken Block (father) |
F1 Academy career | |
Debut season | 2024 |
Current team | ART Grand Prix |
Car number | 57 |
Starts | 10 |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Block was retained by Williams Racing and ART Grand Prix for the 2025 season. [16]
Block is the daughter of the American rally driver Ken Block, who died in a snowmobile accident on January 2, 2023. [17] [18]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 | F1 Academy | ART Grand Prix |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (small number denotes the finishing position)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos. | Points |
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2021 | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Fiesta R2 | 2WD | 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 | 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 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 | Lake Superior Performance Rally | |||
Source: [19] |
(key)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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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 |
(key)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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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 |
(key)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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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* |
(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 |
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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 |
* Season still in progress
(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 |
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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 |
(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 |
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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 |
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