Modelling the racing tyre is one of the most difficult tasks facing those in the study of racecar vehicle dynamics. I can tell you from experience I’ve been doing this professionally for over 12 years, I have a masters on the subject, and the racing car tyre model in my head has gone under 4 iterations and is currently on it’s 5th. What adds to the confusion is the fact there is very little serious academic study on this issue. Consequently our knowledge on racing tyres usually consists of hushed conversations between race engineers and tyre specialists desperately trying to get their heads around how things work.