This came to my mind the other day, I have done analyses on Front wings however I did not look at this - how slipstreaming will make a difference to the front wing. with slipstreaming it would essentially not be a smooth airflow behind the car resulting in downforce produced by the car behind to be very low, but getting sucked to the front car.
Most overtaking is done before corners and on long straights, i am aware downforce is not required on straights so it would not really be a problem for the front wing.
If a car is following another car around a corner (where every bit of downforce is required) would it just not be feasible for the car not to follow the car ahead and be in its slipstream as it would lose downforce produced by its front wing and other aerodynamic parts, therefore losing grip around corners? (assuming the car does not have to follow the optimum line of a corner)and also since the car ahead will not be going as fast since its going around a corner therefore the car ahead having relatively small reduced pressure behind it - and the suction force being small.
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