I think that is oversimplifying, given that without the laminating resin, the carbon threads/fabric is ........... fabric, not effective in compression or lateral stiffness. Great in tension maybe - but it is just a limp fabric without the resin. I think the importance of the resin is often undervalued in these conversations. Assume more advanced resins will make the overall composite more fatigue resistant, UV resistant, heat resistant shrink resistant, etc...

Certainly a case of 1 + 1 being more than 2. As an architect I see the resin's role as sort of "continually bracing" the carbon fibers.