Part-time volunteers, who in the West are often middle-class people who want to help out in their spare time and are often the mainstay of charities, are all but unknown in Russia.
With the boom in global demand for alternative-fueled vehicles, now may be a good time to break out your Periodic Table of Elements from science class.
Rossi, who failed to make the podium for the first time at Estoril in the premier class, seemed out of sorts on his Yamaha - eventually finishing 23 seconds adrift of Lorenzo.