The parts you break aren't the carbon parts, it's usually the normal front suspension parts.
The YF2 being banned is a bit of an urban myth, by the time they got around to creating rules for the class the YF2s time had gone. The only advantage it had against 4wd touring cars was the low weight, which meant it stopped being competitive as soon as the minimum weight rule came along. I raced against them BITD and they were competitive in the hands of a good driver who had learnt how to drive them, to keep the speed up through the corners, but 4wds always left them for dead under acceleration.
We never ran a fwd class in the UK, but the YF2 would have been good in that considering it's only opposition was the much heavier Tamiya FF01 chassis, a fwd version of the TA01.
They do handle really well, way better than you might expect looking at the somewhat different chassis. You do need to change your driving style to match the chassis, letting the chassis roll through the corners, but you do get a great deal of satisfaction when you get the technique right.
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