Hmmm.
The manufacturer of my brakes does not expect the brakes to be stripped after every race. The recommended maintenance period is 25hrs. If you read my first post, you will see that I exceeded the recommended maintenance. You have assumed that I am not competent to properly maintain brakes.
I have two Masters degrees and over 25 years engineering experience. If I am not competent to maintain brakes, how can the average weekend racer be expected to do a good job. Clearly following or exceeding the manufacturers recommendations is not always sufficient to prevent failure.
If F1 rules were applied to kart brake, most brands would never reach the track. F1 equipment is built to stringent quality and safety standards. Brakes are developed and tested by certified Engineers. F1 teams have the money and the engineering expertise to life parts and rebuild multiple cars. Most karters don't. The FIA has an active development programme.
Note that the FIA rules do not require F1 teams to spend zillions of dollars on brakes. The teams choose to do that. The FIA rules to require safe, reliable and effective brakes. I could make brakes out of wood that fully complied with the CIK rules.
So going back to the original question, how can the CIK rules for brakes be improved?
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