Drivatars/friends racing against you even when blocked

While racing in the game ive noticed that your actual friends are hardly counted as the AI/drivatars you race against, but the one thing that has really been annoying me since launch is the game continues to add a specific player that i know, and have blocked due to personal reasons, yet i continue to see the persons name listed as a driver.

Does the game just not take into account blocked/banned accounts?

No, since they are no longer “drivatars”. They simply pull names from your friends list for the AI.