Sometimes they even give best sellers.
"This is the best example of how people have dreams to give best opportunity to people of Qatar," he said.
Unexpectedly he spent eight days wearing the points' leaders green jersey, and enjoyed the feeling, but eventually had to give best to Thor Hushovd.
The Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider led home a rain-affected race one but had to give best to Jonathan Rea in race two at the Northern Irishman's Honda team's home event.
Christian Dick led the way in G4 early on in his Speedworks Ginetta before having to give best to the Century car of Benji Hetherington, which went on to win the class by a handy margin.
If ever there was a time for the Academy to give best actor to a non-professional this was it – something to compare with the best supporting actor Oscar that Cambodian doctor Haing S Ngor won for The Killing Fields.
In which case, they might give best director to Ang Lee, in a repeat of 2005, when Lee picked up best director for Brokeback Mountain while best picture went to Crash.
But they conceded the lead again to Johnson's birdie at the 17th, and after Colsaerts's phenomenal second shot lipped out at the 18th, they had to give best to the Americans, with the Belgian missing a last putt from 15ft.
Hamilton could not keep a podium place as he struggled early on with tyre wear and had to go into degradation-limitation mode, but he kept Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber at bay and, when the German later had to give best to Fernando Alonso, Hamilton was also able to contain the Spaniard's late challenge.
'He told me, "I never realised it was so sad".' For her, the joy of winning an Oscar for Best Editing was undermined by the Academy's decision to give Best Picture to the anodyne Ordinary People, and to name Robert Redford Best Director for the same film.
Meanwhile back at the front of the grid, McLaren go into tomorrow's race two points ahead of Renault in the constructors' world championship fervently hoping that Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya can clinch this high-profile consolation prize after Raikkonen had to give best to Alonso two weeks ago in the battle for the drivers' title.
