> That's an average acceleration around 2g. This seems beyond the limits of tires and friction. Tires don't only rely on friction but also on mechanical grip (

> That's an average acceleration around 2g. This seems beyond the limits of tires and friction. Tires don't only rely on friction but also on mechanical grip (the road and the tire are not perfectly smooth surfaces, they interlock) and chemical grip (just like glue). The last two also scale with surface area as opposed to friction. So you get two common misbeliefs about tires from school physics: that you can't go over 1g and it doesn't matter how large the contact patch is. Both false in practice.