We caught up with our young American F1 Academy racer ahead of Round 4

Lia answers your questions

Damon Hill sets Franco Colapinto, Zak O’Sullivan, Luke Browning and Lia Block a unique task.

Team Elevate: Gulf x Williams Racing

Lia, Oleksandr, and Sara started their 2024 early. Read about how it's gone.

Mid-season Academy Report: Gaining experience in F1 Academy and Karting

Follow Lia Block's journey to driving the historic FW08 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

WATCH: Lia Block's Road to Goodwood

Hear what Lia Block had to say after her run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

WATCH: "Once in a lifetime" - Lia on the FW08

Go on board with Lia Block as she gets behind the wheel of the FW08 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

WATCH: Lia takes the FW08 up the hill at Goodwood

Alex, Logan, Lia and James will all climb the hill across the four-day event

See Williams Racing at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024

Pole positions, an FP1 appearance, and rain kept our Academy busy at Silverstone

Academy Report: Battling the British summer

Franco led the charge in Barcelona in a busy weekend for our Academy

Academy Report: Taking Silverware in Spain

Join us at the Barcelona Fan Zone, presented by Kraken, for the Academy Drivers' live Q&A

WATCH: Academy Drivers' Barcelona Q&A

See our American F1 driver and F2, F3 and F1 Academy stars answer questions at the Williams Racing Fan Zone, presented by Kraken, at La Rambla 

Join Logan and our Academy stars at our Barcelona Fan Zone, presented by Kraken, on Wednesday

Our F1 Academy representative shares her thoughts on 2024 so far

IN HER WORDS: Lia looks back at her early season

Lia has grown up in the motorsport world and spent many of her childhood years in the paddock. She began racing karts at 11 years old and entered her first off-road racing series in the same year.

Lia then started drifting cars at 13 years old and assumed drag-racing duties in the famous 1,400HP Mustang ‘Hoonicorn’ the year after.
She continued to build her skills in off-road racing and karting, becoming a front-runner in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series’ lower classes by 2021 and taking multiple karting wins.

She later took part in the final round of the 2021 American Rally Association Championship in the Oregon Trail Rally as a 15-year-old, for the Hoonigan Racing Division, marking her first national-level rally.

Lia undertook more regular rallying in 2022 as part of the ARA championship, a season which included her best finish at the Southern Ohio Forest Rally where she placed 9th overall and 3rd in the O2WD class.

This proved an even more successful event for her in the 2023 season, achieving a 6th place finish overall and a victory in the O2WD class.

With two rallies to go, Lia secured the 2023 ARA O2WD championship to become the youngest ARA champion in history.

2023 has been a busy year for Lia, competing in Extreme E as part of Carl Cox Motorsport for the second half of the season alongside Timo Scheider. She has also begun her first season in Nitrocross NEXT, the junior category of the championship previously known as Nitro Rallycross.

In November 2023, it was announced that Lia will compete in the 2024 F1 Academy season with ART Grand Prix, as well as coming onboard as a Williams Racing Academy Driver.

Later in the month, Lia competed in the Baja 1000 alongside her mother Lucy Block and the Block House Racing Team. Lia and the team raced to victory following a grueling 34 hours of rally racing in Mexico.