That's not how tyres work, not at all. High pressure means the tyre can not "adjust" to the road surface in a malleable manner but rather looses contact to the surface here and there. Try it...
Ander after the first stage of the day, I would have suspected them to have inflated the tyres a bit more to avoid risk.
Strange tyre issues for M-Sport. I'd think a good pressure would press the studs into the ice more.

Bertelli After 8kms, a delaminated tyre on the straight out of nowhere, I was cruising without pushing...
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