"Prepared surface" is a whole thing in drag racing. I remember reading how Dodge got their Hellcat under 10 seconds, and it involved not only special tires, but

"Prepared surface" is a whole thing in drag racing. I remember reading how Dodge got their Hellcat under 10 seconds, and it involved not only special tires, but also a specific gunk that is apparently common to spread on the tarmac, said to be sticky even to walk on it. Normal things in drag racing I guess, but no way they'd allow that in Silverstone.