[Irv the Swerve]

Originally posted by Glen
The other thing that might be going on, and certainly has been strongly rumoured in the case of Bridgestone, is tyre preparation with chemicals: The idea is that a solution is applied to fresh tyres which makes the first few mm of rubber ultra-tacky - this then wears away and leaves a "normal" tyre underneath. Many have argued that this is illegal because the regulations call for an even material all the way through the tyre, but since the practice isn't specifically banned I guess it just comes down to the usual stuff about arguing over the phrasing of the rules. Anyway, if this is going on you can be sure that Michelin must be up to it as well because otherwise we'd have heard more about it.

In the highly technical world of FVee, this is known as 'sticky paint' I'm surprised such as thing has a use in F1, especially Barcelona as it wears off pretty quickly.