Who is the main villain behind the sabotage in Pixar's Cars 2?

Miles Axlerod is the main villain behind the sabotage in Pixar's Cars 2.

Axlerod presents himself as a former oil baron who has become an environmental advocate. He creates the World Grand Prix to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel, and publicly frames the event as a celebration of new automotive technology.

The apparent racing accidents are actually part of a larger conspiracy. Axlerod uses electromagnetic radiation to make Allinol-powered cars malfunction, intending to discredit alternative fuel and restore dependence on petroleum. He secretly uses the World Grand Prix as a worldwide test of the plan.

Professor Zündapp is Axlerod's principal scientific accomplice, while Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell investigate the mystery. Because Zündapp performs much of the visible villainous work, viewers sometimes identify him as the mastermind; however, Axlerod is revealed as the operation's organizer.