AnalysisWhat really happens when the rubber meets the road

Where grip comes from No-one knows the truth about how tires get their grip. We have a pretty good idea, but we don’t know everything about it. We know, for example that grip is associated with a number of factors: Rubber distorting around and engaging with microscopic asperities in the road surface; Weak chemical interactions

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