PremiumAlex PowellSports Journalist·NZ Herald·24 Jun, 2026 05:14 PM5 mins to read‌Spanish media is reporting New Zealand Formula One driver Liam Lawson could be replaced next season by Bulgarian Nikola Tsolov. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYIf you’re wondering how a Spanish news outlet had the inside line on an Italian team, owned by an Austrian energy drink, sacking their Kiwi driver in favour of a Bulgarian teenager, you’re not alone.

And yet, as New Zealand awoke on Wednesday morning, that was the story that greeted