Pirelli is to keep trying to give Ken Block a run in a Formula 1 car later this year, despite the American proving too big/tall to fit in the company’s Toyota testing car!
“We are still looking for alternatives,” Hembery said. “We are trying to find a team that has had a long-legged driver. I think we need to speak to Red Bull Racing, because Mark Webber is a tall guy.
“Obviously it is slightly embarrassing, because we hadn’t quite foreseen that Ken was that big, and he doesn’t look that big but he obviously is long legged. We need to solve it.”
“We want it to happen,” he said. “We are trying to promote F1. Ken is huge in the US and we need to get more interest in F1 in the US, and he will help that by doing these sorts of things.
“All sports can learn from some of the work he has been doing, with the Gymkhana videos and the downloads. F1 should look at Ken’s approach and see the good things he does and maybe there are some things we can adapt for F1 going forwards.”
