Lewis Hamilton shared a touching moment with Lando Norris over a race-winning tactical call that he got right and the rising star got wrong

• Lewis Hamilton shared a touching moment with rising F1 star Lando Norris after his Russian GP win.
• McLaren's Norris led for the majority of the race, but a botched strategy decision late on cost him.
• Hamilton faced the same dilemma as Norris, but he got it right, while the the 21-year-old didn't.
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Russian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton shared a touching moment with one of Formula One's rising stars as the two met in the media center post-race.

Hamilton was victorious on Sunday having taken the lead late on from McLaren's Lando Norris.

The young Brit led for the majority of the race but decided not to switch to tires meant for the wet as rain began to pour and paid the price for it.

Afterwards, the two drivers stood side-by-side in the media area when Hamilton leaned over to Norris and asked him about his race.

Initially, Hamilton asked Norris if he'd wanted to come into the pits to switch from dry weather tires to ones better suited for wet weather.

Norris replied "no" to which Hamilton said: "Me neither. I was like 'he's right there, he's right there.' I guess you were looking in the mirrors doing the same thing."

The pair then talked about how the track was becoming increasingly slippy in certain areas with Norris describing it as "tricky".

"What I got told was the rain was going to stay like that. Apparently what you got told was different," Norris said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. My team were pretty great today. But I ignored the first call. I was like 'no, he's right there,'" Hamilton replied.

"I ignored it the whole time," joked Norris.

The moment was a touching one between Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, and Norris, a rising star. Hamilton has often expressed his admiration for Norris, who like Hamilton came through McLaren's young driver program.

At this summer's Austrian Grand Prix, Hamilton called Norris "such a great driver" over his team radio after the pair had battled on track.

Drivers' reaction to team orders proves crucial to victory

For once, the winner of the Russian Grand Prix was decided in the pits and not on the track.

Both drivers received the same message, rain is coming, but a crucial difference between Mercedes and McLaren's fortunes was the prediction of how heavy it would be.

Norris was asked if he wanted to pit and shouted loudly back "No!" - choosing to keep track position over a new set of tires.

Hamilton received the same message but his came with an added warning of what was to come.

Mercedes had seen the forecast predicted the rain to get heavier, so while the seven-time world champion may have rejected the first call to pit, he had the experience to know when to listen.

"For sure. Everything was under control. I had to do quite a bit of fuel saving and that's when he got quite close to me.

"But as soon as I stopped and I could push, then everything was fine. Even the first, like, four or five laps when it started to drizzle, it was tricky but I still had it under control.

"I made some mistakes but I guess that's what happens when you're at least leading out of those two [cars], and if he's putting pressure on, you can't just drive slowly and let him past.

"Not the result we wanted in the end. I could have won the race and I didn't so I'm never going to be happy like this. But it's the way it is, the way it went. We made the decisions, I made the decisions that I made and we were obviously wrong at the end of the day, so a tough one," Norris said after the race.