The frictional effect of a tire tread to “kick up and back” the cover as the front or rear of the “tread patch” of a tire as it goes over the cover would be very high and exceed “vacuum lift” which cannot exceed -14.7 psi. Absolute pressure can only go down to zero.

I will admit that as Hurricane Wilma passed over my house it TWICE vacuum lifted a 36” by 36” by half inch thick plywood hatch into the attic space. Made my go “Zikes, what was that? Winds at the nearby airport gusted to 126 MPH.

Those same winds lifted a very large stainless steel evaporative cooling tower and threw it off the 16 story high roof, hitting on a grass lawn less than 150 feet from where I was in the one story house. If the cooling tower had landed on my roof overhead of where I was - I would be dead.

F1 staff really messed up on that cover, according to the WSJ article. F1 drivers and teams have a real reason to demand changes.