Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
Strange tyre issues for M-Sport. I'd think a good pressure would press the studs into the ice more.
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 with a bicycle and take a bumpy corner with different tyres.