Why is F1 still, and will continue to be, the pinnacle of motorsports? Because in the land of the blind, the one eyed man remains king.

As was mentioned above, there are no legitimate challengers to the throne. Year by year, NASCAR is losing its stars, and the gimmicks it introduces (stage racing? PLEASE!), along with overpriced tickets, are driving away fans and viewership. I was never a huge NASCAR fan, but I have virtually no interest in it now - and I'm an American living in the south. IndyCar? After being a hardcore CART fan for decades, I want to get back to following American open wheel racing... I really do - especially since Penske has taken over from the Hulman-George clan. But I don't know most of those little people anymore. To be a somebody, you have to beat a somebody. And now, there aren't that many "somebodys" left. The drivers I followed are my age now and most have long since retired. I like IMSA. I try to follow it. But it's not close to challenging F1. NHRA drag racing is doing its best to dig its own grave - and I don't know most of those drivers anymore either. Le Mans is once a year and WEC is doing what sports car racing has always done in Europe: reinvent itself every few years to the point that casual fans can't keep up with the changes. What's left? DTM - barely hanging on to relevance? Touring cars - where have you gone, Rickard Rydell? Formula E - cute sewing machines whizzing around a street course? Most of what's left are national series (like Aussie V8s) and they don't have any meaningful international following.

F1 is going in a direction that I don't approve of. But it's still the best game in town IMO.