The asymmetric tread design and the silica compound work together to improve the dry, wet and winter weather road gripping capability. The compound keeps the rubber flexibility in various temperatures, while the optimized tread elements and siping and groove placement upgrades the grip on the road surface. The tread's Canyon Groove Technology manages to further improve the winter weather, ice and snow gripping capability. The tread's circumferential and angled lateral grooves and the special Flask Siping pattern improves the hydroplaning resistance, which avoids wet and winter weather grip.