The moronic rear wing didn't help his cause.

Aquaplaning. Wide tyres, water builds up underneath and weeeeeeee, backwards we go!

Most sports cars are pretty much helpless on rain, snow, or ice. I had an old Mustang GT with an automatic. On snow you could put in drive, take your foot off the brake, and the back wheels would start spinning before the car even moved (300 lb. ft. of torque @2000 rpm).

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