The 2022 Formula One season is finally finished. NASCAR concluded its season a few weeks back, as did MotoGP, while IndyCar has been preparing for 2023 since September.
Most of motorsport is in the offseason now, ceding the spotlight to stick-and-ball sports. And with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar shifted to the winter, that's probably a good thing, racing no longer having to share the stage with one of sport's biggest events -- at least this year.
With so few cars and bikes turning laps in anger at the moment, and excitement for the World Cup nearing a crescendo, we had a thought: What if motorsport had its own World Cup?