In Pixar’s Cars 2, which race series is organized as an international competition?

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

The World Grand Prix is organized by Sir Miles Axlerod, who promotes it as a global racing series using a new alternative fuel. Races take place in locations inspired by Tokyo, Italy, and London, giving Cars 2 a much broader setting than the original film.

Lightning McQueen enters the competition, while Mater becomes involved in Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell’s espionage investigation. The race series is central to the film’s plot because the fuel demonstrations and international events conceal a larger scheme.

The Piston Cup belongs primarily to the domestic stock-car racing story of Cars and Cars 3. Radiator Springs is the town where Lightning meets Mater, not the name of an international series. Dinoco is a sponsor and brand, not this competition.