Part of the issue with F1, at least since before I was born, has been the focus on aerodynamics. It produces fantastically high-performing cars ... that lose great big chunks of that performance the moment they get close enough to the car in front to even think about overtaking.

I used to find races like BTCC far more interesting, as those can actually do stuff like drafting - or WRC, as you've said, which normally has interesting stuff happening. F1 is largely watching a series of concurrent time trials, with the winner decided by who utilises the pit-stop gap to craft a punishing lead the others cannot claw back while they themselves are in the pits.