If you go for RAID, I would advise for software RAID rather than hardware (i.e provided by your motherboard or a physical car). Hardware RAID will lock you to the particular motherboard or RAID card, which would represent an additional hurdle when upgrading or replacing it.
I’m not sure to fully understand this paragraph:
Does this mean he has no desire to race in any series outside of F1, or just outside of top F1 teams?