article_snippet.sent: The nadir of this nerdy jargon is surely the description of tyres as ‘prime’ and ‘option’, terms that even the suppliers, Pirelli, wanted discontinued.
article_snippet.sent: So, to clarify: super soft tyres are always known as the ‘option’ tyres, when super soft tyres are in use, which super soft tyres are not always; softs can be ‘prime’ or ‘option’, so can mediums, though hards are ‘prime’ whenever hards are available, which hards are not always.