Lando Norris: ‘I have to go for it or die trying’ to win 2026 F1 title

Lando Norris stated he must 'go for it or die trying' to win the 2026 F1 world championship, as he sits 106 points behind runaway leader Kimi Antonelli with nine races remaining. Despite scoring 83 points since McLaren's major upgrade in Hungary, Norris has been outscored by Antonelli over that period and is now battling George Russell and Lewis Hamilton for second place in the standings. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, Norris's aggressive approach resulted in a lock-up and a fifth-place grid position, compounded by a technical issue that McLaren team principal Andrea Stella expected to resolve before the race.