There aren't many better locations for a send off from a championship than Las Vegas, and that's exactly what Lia Block had over the weekend.

F1 Academy came to close for 2025, as did our 19-year-old American’s time in the series, having to depart the championship after completing the maximum two seasons.

How did Lia fare? And where does she finish in the 2025 standings? Read on below to hear how her race-winning season concluded.

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Lia entered her last F1 Academy race weekend as a single-seater winner for the first time after her 

A P12 qualification on Thursday meant a fight through the midfield at a track that was new for all 18 drivers, and Lia was up the the challenge.

Race 1 had a stuttering start for all following a formation lap collision that took out two drivers at the front amid a slippery surface after some rain.

Green flag conditions started on Lap 3, and Lia was soon up to P8 after keeping her cool while others did not, including a spin for the leader.

More incidents for drivers just ahead advanced Lia to P6, albeit with a sizeable gap to the top five drivers, but our American set the Fastest Lap to show her intent.

Another position came her way when Ella Lloyd hit the wall to trigger a Safety Car, and it looked as though P4 or better might've been possible after Chloe Chambers and Alisha Palmoski came together just ahead.

Unfortunately for Lia, she had to back out of her attack thanks to the spinning Chambers, dropping down to P7 over the line after her instinctive avoiding action.

That did morph to a P5 classification, however, after penalties hit Palmoski and Joanne Ciconte.

A quieter race in terms of attrition meant less progress in Race 2 on Saturday. Lia did reach the points-scoring positions in the Lap 1 rush before dropping back to P12 for the race's single Safety Car.

She would cross the line in P11 after a relatively processional race, wrapping up her time in F1 Academy with a P9 championship finish with 37 points, and two podium trips, including that memorable Singapore victory to her name.

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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.

Academy Report: Lia’s F1 Academy Finale in Vegas

Lia Block had her final F1 Academy race under the Las Vegas Lights

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