This is the transmission and right-rear corner – plus nose cone – from Philippe Alliot’s Lola on their way back to the Larrousse Calmels pit after an enormous shunt during qualifying for the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix. The rest of the car – or those bits of it that hadn’t been pulverised against the pitwall – finished its wild journey upside down on the far side of the track. The scene resembled the aftermath of an aircraft accident. Miraculously, the Frenchman had scrambled from beneath the wreck and walked away.