In Pixar's Cars 2, who is the hidden mastermind behind the lemon cars' plot?

In Pixar's Cars 2, Miles Axlerod is the hidden mastermind behind the lemon cars' plot.

Axlerod is introduced as a former oil tycoon who has become an electric car and the organizer of the World Grand Prix. His public campaign presents the race as a celebration of alternative fuel, but the event is secretly designed to manipulate the contestants and create a worldwide energy crisis.

The plan relies on an electromagnetic weapon that causes cars using Allinol fuel to malfunction. The criminal group known as the lemons hopes to discredit the fuel and profit from the resulting chaos. Axlerod's identity is revealed near the end of the film.

Professor Zündapp is an important accomplice and inventor, not the ultimate mastermind. Finn McMissile is a British spy investigating the conspiracy, while Francesco Bernoulli is one of Lightning McQueen's racing rivals.