According to my notes from 1988, the Benettons in the foreground had several significant technical tweaks in place for this race in Detroit. Having finished third the previous weekend in Montreal, Benetton was in a fight for championship runner-up with pitlane neighbour, Ferrari. And yet here we were with everything exposed for all the world to see. In today’s egotistical F1 ecosphere, the cars would be behind screens with security heavies only too keen to block all sightseers while team principals engage in spats on TV.