Italy hosts the Porto Corsa race in Pixar’s Cars 2.
Porto Corsa is a fictional Italian coastal city created for the film’s second World Grand Prix race. The setting draws on visual features associated with the Italian Riviera, including waterfront buildings, steep roads, and Mediterranean scenery. The race follows the opening event in Tokyo and precedes the final event in London.
Porto Corsa is not the name of a real country or a direct replacement for a specific real-world Grand Prix circuit. It is an invented location within the Cars universe, while Italy is the country represented by its architecture and setting. Cars 2 uses the international race to move the characters across several recognizable cultural environments, including Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom, while the spy plot develops around the event.