Race weekends can usually be classified as either ‘good’, when your cars run fine for qualifying and racing, and finish well, or ‘bad’ when everything seems to be a constant struggle and the finish doesn’t justify the team’s effort. The MINI JCW Team’s weekend at the Circuit of the Americas...

The MINI John Cooper Works Racing Team packs up the Antistatic Design #37 MINI, the Wavetrac Differentials #52 MINI, all of its racing paraphernalia, and probably a few 10-gallon hats this week, and heads for the country’s newest racetrack, the Circuit of the Americas, or COTA if you prefer, just...