In Pixar’s Cars 2, what is the name of the international racing series featuring three stages?

In Pixar’s Cars 2, the international racing series featuring three stages is the World Grand Prix.

The event is organized by Sir Miles Axlerod to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel. Lightning McQueen enters the competition and races in Japan, Italy, and England. The locations give Cars 2 a broader international setting than the first film’s mainly American road-and-racing story.

The World Grand Prix is more than a sporting contest: its races provide cover for a plot involving spies, manipulated broadcasts, and a dangerous fuel-related scheme. Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell investigate while McQueen competes.

The event should not be confused with the Piston Cup, the domestic championship central to the first Cars film. Cars 2 uses the World Grand Prix to connect competitive racing with its espionage storyline.