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But F1 tires are smooth as fuck too.
Smooth is better unless it's raining. And even then, the deep groves are only needed when it's very wet. Car tyres have to cover the 100% case of water.
The tires above look like they are just extremely over used, which has its own danger, namely failing.
yeah no way you can sand it to this level
A racing slick or slick tyre is a type of tyre that has a smooth tread[1][2][3][4] used mostly in auto racing. The first production slick tyre was developed by M&H Tires in the early 1950s for use in drag racing. By eliminating any grooves cut into the tread, such tyres provide the largest possible contact patch to the road,[5] and maximize dry traction for any given tyre dimension
Which is why they're used on properly maintained tracks, not dirt tracks
Youll often see cars run wide if they pick up dirt or dust with slick tires. Youll also often see rubber pebbles lying next to the racing line as seen here. Twitter link. After a race drivers are told to pick up rubber to make the car a tiny bit heavier to avoid being umderweight, which will lead to the tires looking completly gone.
If you want to see what happens with wet tires on a drying track look at "Slicktermediates" wich kinda look like the ones in the OP.
And now you're attacking the straw man.
At race speeds the treaded tires on your daily driver wouldn't do much better. It's not like gravel can flow through the treads like water does. You'd need something much knobbier, and even then gravel is slick, you'd need to be mentally prepared for that.
Lol no.
Not the rain tires though
The drivers are pros though and there's every available safety measure built in the car, the clothing, the track, etc.
No they just use different tyres for different conditions
And different drivers and different safety measures. That's just a whole other circus.
Not on passenger cars they don’t.
I should clarify:
Passenger cars are not in F1.
Yeah and the post image is of a passenger car, not an F1 car.
This is why Southern US has a problem when it snows. Everyone pretty much has summer tires.
In the cold, summer tires are as hard as hockey pucks.
Have you heard of summer tires, snow tires or all seasons?
The tires on my car can only be used in temps above 45° and honestly at 45-50° it’s extremely sketchy until they get warmed up. They’re also terrible in the rain and really only meant for warm weather and dry days.
You also wouldn’t want to run full snow tires in the summer.
So passenger cars absolutely have tires meant for different conditions
Yes. I own both summer and snow tires.
I am fully aware that passenger cars can and do use season-appropriate tires.
I am saying that sanding your tires down to be bald is a great way to shorten your lifespan. Normal consumer-grade non-track-use tires are categorically always supposed to have tread. If they don’t, you need new tires.
Yeah, I don’t think anyone was saying bald or sanded down tires would be good. If the tires were supposed to be groved but no longer are, those tires are WAY beyond their expected life and need to be changed. The rubber compounds are different than actual slicks and bald tires will never provide adequate traction even with the increased contact patch. Slick tires are completely different.
ackschually, F1 cars don't have traction control, stability control or even ABS, so they're really fricking hard to drive in the best of circumstances, nevermind in the rain on slicks. Now GT3 is a class where pro drivers drive some really sick cars with all the electronics