thats the thing. They didnt build it for pikes peak, they built it for time attack and road course, and decided to try it at PP. So its apples to oranges from a design standpoint. It doesnt really need to be much stronger if at all to be a good TT/Road cage from what all the experts have been saying. They either A:Over build it and deal with the extra weight and what not for the TT/Road to safely run PP when they want, or B:Not run PP since its not built for it or C:Wing it again.
IMO, that high of a build effort is 100% pro race stuff. Build it to TT specs as its primary intention was and run it there, nowhere else. If you have 1/5 of a Mil to drop on another build you probably have money to build two, one for PP and one for road. Do it right or dont do it at all is my point.
Agreed money or running the fastest time shouldn’t be the main factor. If your not 100% certain that your people will survive another horrific crash like the one that happened and not due to luck your a jackass IMO.