The great engineer Dr Harvey Postlethwaite used to tell people that, when working at Ferrari during the 1980s, he evolved a coping strategy for the inevitable, tawdry and tedious internal politics of Maranello. He wrote his (generous) salary down on a piece of paper, which he kept in his top drawer. When the Machiavellian machinations reached his limit of tolerance, all he had to do was open the drawer to remind himself why he still clocked in every day.
Lewis Hamilton, also paid well for services rendered, might do well to develop something similar, for his honeymoon period is definitively over after an almost uniformly wretched maiden season in rosso corsa. The car, despite protestations from management to the contrary, has not been good, and neither Hamilton nor the tifosi are wearing the disappointments well. The same could be said for those who sign the cheques.
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