In Pixar’s Cars 2, which fictional event is a three-race international competition?

The World Grand Prix is the three-race international competition in Pixar’s Cars 2.

The event is organized by Sir Miles Axlerod, who presents it as a way to promote Allinol, a new alternative fuel. The races take place in Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London, giving the sequel a much broader setting than the American roads and towns of Cars.

Lightning McQueen enters the competition, while Mater becomes involved in an international espionage plot after being mistaken for an American spy. The racing storyline and spy storyline eventually converge during the London finale.

The World Grand Prix is sometimes confused with the Piston Cup. The Piston Cup belongs primarily to the first film’s American stock-car world. Cars 2 instead uses a globe-spanning event inspired by international motorsport spectacles.