The crash that built
a platform.
Turn 11 at COTA. Full speed. Brakes don't respond. Straight in. $25,000 of damage.
Unknown root cause: a $150 master cylinder that was way past its max life. Nobody had tracked it. A year later, a current F1 driver in the same car. Same corner. Same issue.
When you don't know what's been changed and when, you're not managing a race car — you're hoping.