Lando Norris has commended F1 rival Lewis Hamilton after their run-in at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race. Norris started on pole, with Hamilton joining him on the front row. In a wet SQ3 session on Friday, McLaren driver Norris out-paced the field by more than a second to secure top spot. 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill was among those to praise his performance. But Hamilton produced a ‘magical’ lap of his own, in the words of former teammate Nico Rosberg, to take second. That set the stage for the two Britons to battle to turn into turn one. Hamilton got the better start of …