One of the first sad news stories of the year came on January 2, when it was announced that Ken Block, the famous American rally driver and creator of the impressive Gymkhana stunt shows, had died in a snowmobile accident.
His death came as a shock to many, including Lewis Hamilton, who mourned Ken Block, and the FIA and the organizers of the World Rally Championship decided that the number 43, associated with this driver, would not be transferred to anyone . for a year.
It was then announced that his daughter Leah would follow in her father’s footsteps and make her debut in the Extreme E off-road series, and in 2024 she would represent Williams in the new women’s F1 Academy series.
But at the end of the year, the creative team, which together with Block created his popular shows around the world, presented another episode of the Electrikhana program, which was recorded in Mexico City in November 2022. This is the latest work of Ken Block, and in it he drives a specially prepared electric car Audi S1 Hoonitron with a mighty power source of 671 hp.
As is clear from the annotation to this issue, after the death of the racer the project was postponed for a long time, but now it was decided to present it to the public. And she responded gratefully to this – within a few days the number of views of the new video exceeded three million…
Source: F1 News
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