Who is the main villain revealed behind the international races in Pixar’s Cars 2?

Miles Axlerod is revealed as the main villain behind the international races in Pixar’s Cars 2.

Axlerod is introduced as a former oil tycoon who claims to have retired and converted himself into an electric car. He creates the World Grand Prix to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel.

The conspiracy uses electromagnetic pulses to make cars running on Allinol malfunction. Axlerod’s plan is to discredit the fuel and profit from the resulting crisis. British spy Finn McMissile and field agent Holley Shiftwell investigate the plot, while Mater becomes involved by accident.

Professor Zündapp is an important accomplice, but he is not the mastermind. That distinction makes Miles Axlerod the specific answer when the question asks who is behind the overall conspiracy.