How Ken Block came oh-so-close to a Formula 1 test

While the American’s competitive arena was in rally cars, the influence he had stretched far beyond asphalt and gravel stages, and reached not only into the Formula 1 paddock, but the wider world too.
Block’s Gymkhana videos were the stuff of legend, as his groundbreaking use of social media to make the thrills of modern motorsport mainstream was streets ahead of anything championship …Keep reading