It was a Red Sea trip to forget for our Academy drivers

Saudi struggles for our Academy in Jeddah

Welcome to the second episode of Team Torque, hosted by Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant, with special guest Lia Block

Team Torque | Episode 2 – Saudi Arabia

Six members of our Driver Academy were in action this past weekend, here’s how they fared

Academy Report: Wins, debuts and final rounds for our young racers

Join Patrick Harding as he gets our Driver Academy set for the 2024 season, fuelled by Gulf Oil

WATCH: Academy prepares for 2024

Our Academy eyes were across all the action in Spain and Italy this past weekend

Academy Report: Lia, Oleksandr and Sara keep pushing

In her own words, Lia Block guides us through her maiden competitive outing in single-seater race cars

Lia’s Debut Weekend Diary

Pre-Season Testing, Single Seater Debuts and Karting in the rain

Academy Report: Six in action on a wet weekend

Learn more about all 10 Williams Racing drivers ahead of the 2024 season

GET TO KNOW: Our Class of ‘24

See what Jamie and Lia had to say ahead of the 2024 campaign.

WATCH: Jamie Chadwick & Lia Block at our Season Launch

How the team will take shape ahead of the biggest season in F1 history

2024: History in the Making

Join Lia has she answers 24 quick-fire questions ahead of making her F1 Academy in 2024 

WATCH: 24 Questions with Lia Block

Lia Block is given the full Grove experience ahead of her debut season in F1 Academy.

WATCH: Lia Block tours Grove with Jamie Chadwick

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.