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Originally Posted by Bonefishblues
Not sure tyre compound is relevant v-a-v aquaplaning, which is a mechanical lifting of the tyre off the roadway because of a failure of the tread to clear water sufficiently quickly, shirley?
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In motorsport, wet weather tyres as well as having a different tread pattern, are usually made from a softer compound. With normal road tyres, winter tyres are also a different tread compound, usually softer than summer tyres, so there most likely is some merit to the statement.