In order to extract the quickest lap times from a Formula 1 car, teams run on ... together to find out if the rain-cleaning characteristics of the wet weather tires work on snow and mud as well ...

Detractors look at a modern Formula One car and wonder what relevance they ... larger than 26 inches across (with a little extra for rain tires). And given that designers want as large a contact ...

When it's wet, they've got a couple of rain tires to choose from ... out the window a number of years ago when Formula One switched to a single tire manufacturer, but the teams are still left ...