No-go after V1?
I don't have the statistics to hand.
I would hope the relevant authorities do have the statistics to hand.
The official advice given about when to attempt a no-go after V1 should be followed. Such advice is normally generated by people's deaths. Discussing individual cases is pretty fruitless as what is important are the overall statistics and the criteria by which the statistics are judged. If you want to criticise that method from a position of knowledge, go ahead: but using individual cases to argue a point isn't really helpful due to all the biases involved, most of which are unwitting.
The other things to remember are that:
(a) Hindsight is a wonderful thing, beloved of 'armchair quarterbacks' the world over. Analysing a situation from the relaxed position of having enough time to think things through and being in possession of the relevant facts is vastly different to making a decision in the heat of the moment.
(b) Simulators are artificial. You know you do not have a bus-load of souls behind you. You end up treating things in a different way, some better, some worse.
There is room for individual decision making. As a captain you have that right, which also has a heavy responsibility. There are times when declining to follow the official guidance is the right thing to do, and if you get it right, you might be a hero, and if you get it wrong, you will be responsible for bad things happening. Rules are for the guidance of wise men, and wise men know their limitations.