Why can't it always be like this?
On the face of it, most of us would willingly jump into the no doubt exquisitely hand crafted Italian shoes of Lin Jarvis, Yamaha's MotoGP boss, without a moment's hesitation. Fancy Italian base HQ, glamorous circuit locations, hospitality food for breakfast, lunch and tea, never having to iron a team shirt, schmoozing with the rich and famous, and managing the two biggest and brightest stars the race series has ever seen Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi seems like it should be the job of everyone's dreams.
Lin Jarvis, right, learns what Rootsy can do round Silverstone...