Lia Block (born October 1, 2006) is an American

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

currently competing in

F1 Academy F1 Academy is a female-only, Formula 4-level Formula racing, single-seater racing championship founded by the Formula One Group. The championship is a One-design racing, spec series, meaning that all teams compete with an identical Tatuus F4-T4 ...

for

ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The ...

. She is a member of the

Williams Driver Academy The Williams Racing Driver Academy, formerly known as the Williams Young Driver Programme, is a driver development programme by Formula One team Williams. It is meant to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, wit ...

. Block previously competed for Block House Racing in the

American Rally Association The American Rally Association is a stage rallying sanctioning body in the United States. The organization sanctions the Green APU National Rally Championship. It is a subsidiary of the United States Auto Club. The organization was founded by ...

, Carl Cox Motorsport in

Extreme E Extreme E was an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that used spec silhouette electric SUVs to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic. All racing locations were chosen to raise awaren ...

, and in Nitrocross in the 2023–24 season for OMSE.

Career

American Rally Association

Lia Block made her

debut in the 2021 Oregon Trail Rally. She then competed full-time for the 2022 season. Block competed in the 2023 American Rally Association season in the Open 2WD (O2WD) class. She became the youngest champion in the series' history. On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Block would be competing in the 2024 Lake Superior Performance Rally, taking over

Brandon Semenuk Brandon Semenuk (born 2 February 1992) is a Canadian freestyle mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a five-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Champion. He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, X-G ...

Subaru WRX The Subaru WRX is an all-wheel drive sport compact, sport compact car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Subaru, originally based on the Subaru Impreza, Impreza created for the World Rally Championship in 1992. Subaru claimed the name WRX ...

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 Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

and replacing Christine GZ.

Nitrocross

On June 14, 2023, it was announced that Block would join OSME for the

2023–24 Nitrocross Championship The 2023–24 Nitrocross Championship is the third season of Nitrocross (formerly Nitro Rallycross) competition. Robin Larsson won the championship for the second year in a row. Schedule The full schedule was revealed on May 15, 2023. After e ...

. 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. 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. In 2024, Block returned to Group E for the first round of the championship, competing for

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American automotive racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and Nitrocross. The team is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen, Mini (marque), MINI, and Subaru dealer D ...

, where she achieved two 6th-place finishes.

F1 Academy

2024

In November 2023, Block was announced as a driver for

for the 2024 season of

in her first full season of

open-wheel racing Formula racing, also known as open-wheel racing in North America, is any of several forms of Open-wheel car, open-wheeled single-seater Auto racing, motorsport. A "formula", first devised by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA for ...

. She is supported by

Williams Racing Williams Racing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited and competing as Atlassian Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor. It was founded by Frank Williams (1942–2021) and Patrick Head. The team w ...

and joined the

. She is partnering McLaren developmental driver

Bianca Bustamante Bianca Denise Bustamante (born January 19, 2005) is a Filipino racing driver who competes in the GB3 Championship for Elite Motorsport. She is also the development driver for Kiro Race Co, Cupra Kiro. Junior career W Series From January 31 ...

and

Ferrari Driver Academy Ferrari Driver Academy is a driver development program by the Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari to promote young talent within its own organisation, with several drivers being selected and funded by the team, while under long-term contracts. Ov ...

driver Aurelia Nobels running for Puma.She debuted in

Jeddah Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate and the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located ...

, 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 Lola Lovinfosse (; born 17 October 2005) is a French racing driver who most recently competed in F1 Academy for Rodin Motorsport. Career Karting Lovinfosse began her karting career in 2018, competing in the X30 Junior class of the IAME Winter C ...

and was forced to pit. She crossed the line in ninth position but was classified in eleventh after post-race penalties. 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. 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.

2025

Block was retained by

and

for the 2025 season.

Personal life

Block is the daughter of the American rally driver

Ken Block Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional Rallying, rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoe ...

, who died in a

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accident on January 2, 2023.

Racing record

Career summary

Season still in progress.

Complete American Rally Association results

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Complete Extreme E results

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Complete Nitrocross results

Complete Nitrocross NEXT results

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Complete Nitrocross Group E results

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Complete Formula Winter Series results

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

Complete F1 Academy results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.
Did not finish, but classified

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results

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

Notes

References

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