Why are the highest performance racing (F1) tires soft, but high performance summer tires for consumer cars are hard?

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Why are the highest performance racing (F1) tires soft, but high performance summer tires for consumer cars are hard?

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Soft = good grip but easily damaged and wear out fast

Hard = worse grip but takes much more abuse and wears out slow

Race = only care about grip and not so much damage
HPS = need both

HPS more hard

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