page_title: Rain tyre
hierarchical_section_title: Rain tyre
caption_attribution_description: English: Lewis Hamilton at the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix
context_page_description: Rain tyres or Wet tyres are special tyres used in motorsport in wet weather as opposed to a slick tyre used in dry conditions. They are very similar in many ways to the tyres found on normal road cars.
  Rain tyres are formally banned in all-NASCAR, all-ARCA and all-INDYCAR sanctioned tournaments respectively only for all oval tracks due to safety concerns.
context_section_description: Rain tyres or Wet tyres ("tires" in American English, commonly shortened to wets) are special tyres used in motorsport in wet weather as opposed to a slick tyre used in dry conditions. They are very similar in many ways to the tyres found on normal road cars.
  Rain tyres are formally banned in all-NASCAR, all-ARCA and all-INDYCAR sanctioned tournaments respectively only for all oval tracks due to safety concerns.
caption: Lewis Hamilton competes through the rain at the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix.  The treads of his wet tyres are visible.
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