Miles Axlerod is the main villain behind the World Grand Prix plot in Pixar's Cars 2.
Axlerod presents himself as a former oil tycoon who became an electric-car advocate. He creates the World Grand Prix to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel. His public image makes him appear like an environmental businessman, while the film gradually reveals that he is manipulating the race and its broadcast audience.
The plot's espionage story involves a device that causes cars using Allinol to malfunction. Axlerod's scheme is connected to the lemons, a group of unreliable-looking cars who want to discredit alternative fuel and undermine the race. His reveal gives the film its spy-thriller structure.
Professor Zündapp is Axlerod's associate, while Finn McMissile is a British agent investigating the conspiracy. Rod Redline is an American spy whose discovery of the plot helps set the espionage story in motion.