Tyres: The 2017 Monte mix Changeable weather and inconsistent road conditions make tyre choices at Rallye Monte-Carlo some of the hardest of the season to call. And this week's wintry edition presents a typically mixed bag. Toyota's Jari-Matti Latvala didn't think he had ever seen so much snow and ice on a Monte-Carlo recce before, but it's an inconsistent picture, and the mountain roads between Gap and Monaco feature everything from packed snow and sheet ice, to clean, dry asphalt. World Rally Car drivers are able to use 43 tyres for the rally – including shakedown. They select them from a personal allocation of 80: 20 soft-compound, 24 super soft-compound, 12 non-studded snow and 24...
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