In Pixar’s Cars 2, what race is organized as a three-country international competition?

In Pixar’s Cars 2, the three-country competition is the World Grand Prix.

The World Grand Prix is created by oil entrepreneur Sir Miles Axlerod to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel. Lightning McQueen enters the event, and Mater travels with him after being drawn into Finn McMissile’s espionage investigation. The races take place in Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London.

The competition gives Cars 2 an international setting that differs sharply from the American roadside focus of the first film. It also connects the racing plot with the movie’s central mystery involving manipulated fuel and a group of criminal cars.

The World Grand Prix is not the same championship as the Piston Cup from Cars. The Piston Cup is Lightning’s domestic stock-car racing series, while the World Grand Prix is an international event created specifically for the sequel.