2: Tyre calls: fiendish  The Monte is notorious for complex tyre choices and this year looks like being no exception. WRC drivers have a maximum 20 soft and 24 super-soft asphalt tyres at their disposal, as well as 12 winter tyres without studs and 24 with. They can use a maximum 39 of these 80 tyres during the rally. Most of the stages were a mixture of dry and wet Tarmac with patches of snow, slush and black ice somewhere in the mix. Drivers rely on their ice-note crews to tell them the percentages of each and where on the stage they are. This variety means there's rarely one tyre that will suit the lot. Instead the name of the game is compromise - picking a tyre that will offer the...
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