What racing event is held across multiple countries in Pixar’s Cars 2?

The World Grand Prix is the international racing event held across multiple countries in Pixar’s Cars 2.

The event is organized by Miles Axlerod and features races in Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London. Lightning McQueen enters the competition, while Mater becomes involved in the espionage plot surrounding the event after being mistaken for an undercover agent.

The World Grand Prix gives Cars 2 a globe-spanning structure unlike the first film, which focuses largely on Radiator Springs and American stock-car racing. Its locations also allow Pixar to parody international motorsport, travel, and spy-thriller conventions.

The Piston Cup is the major American racing competition associated with the first Cars movie and Lightning’s career. It is therefore a plausible but different answer. The World Grand Prix is specifically the event central to Cars 2.