Race Wets
Over the years I?ve used Pirelli, Metzeler and Bridgestone wets and all of them are extremely good. They all feel subtlety different but once up to temperature they all offer good levels of grip. At present I currently use Metzeler Racetec Rain tyres.
The general rule of thumb for using wets is you only need to fit them if you start to see spray coming off the tyres. Once fitted you have to keep heat in them in order for them to perform consistently and offer good grip so you have to push. If you go to slow you will loose all heat in the tyres very quickly which significantly increases the risk of crashing. Conversely, if the circuit starts to dry out you are best advised to pit and change tyres. If not you run the risk of overheating them which effectively destroys the tyre. The point is don?t expect to put race wets straight on and expect them to grip instantaneously. For them to work properly you need to generate and retain heat so your pace has to be fairly quick from the moment you remove the tyre warmers and leave pit lane. Once you do that the level of grip available on a wet track is very good just be aware the margin for error is much less.