Track days on winter tyres

[IanOE]

I've recently bought a Ford Puma as a budget track car. The car came with a set of winter tyres on it that have a lot of tread left.

Are winter tyres any good for track days at this time of year when the tracks are cold and potentially slippery?

Ideally I'll use these tyres until they're worn down and then get a set of more track focused tyres later in the year. But if the winter tyres will be rubbish on track then I'll get some track focused tyres as soon as possible, bearing in mind I have a track day booked this weekend.

I don't have room to store a spare set of wheels and tyres, so that's not an option.

[IanOE]

Thank you both for the feedback, I'll give the winter tyres a go in the interests of research.

Even if they're awful then I'm sure it will still be fun and I can get another set of tyres for the next track day.

[IanOE]

Here's a follow up, in case anyone is interested.

I did the track day and it was fine with the winter tyres. I tried to keep to ten or fifteen minute sessions to not overheat the tyres. I've not driven the car on any other tyres, so I can't compare, but I'll leave the winter tyres on for at least the next track day before spending money on track tyres.

[IanOE]

I did another track day on the winter tyres on Sunday. Again it seemed to perform pretty well on the winter tyres. They're quite worn down now so I'm going to get some decent non winter tyres for it before it next goes on track. It's very much a budget track car so the way that I look at it is that I've saved myself a bit of money by using the tyres that were already on the car when I bought it and it hasn't felt dangerous.

The car has V6 Mondeo front brakes and it felt fine under heavy braking.

I'm curious to see how different the car is on normal tyres.