World Grand Prix

The World Grand Prix (or simply called W.G.P.) is an international racing competition which is at the center of Cars 2. The competition was created and organized by Sir Miles Axlerod as a promotion of his new "clean alternative fuel" Allinol. The competition consists of three races: The first one in Tokyo, Japan; the second one in Porto Corsa, Italy; and the last one in London, England.

A notable participant in the race is Lightning McQueen. The competition unites the eleven best racers of all race types to determine the world's fastest car.

Globie is the official mascot of the World Grand Prix.

Race cars from all racing categories were invited to the event, but there was no winner, as the final race was interrupted by a series of anomalies that finally ended in Miles Axlerod's reformation. The World Grand Prix is the target of a plot to sabotage the race, directed by the evil weapons designer Professor Z. The British master spy Finn McMissile discovered the conspiracy and organized himself to stop it. At the end of the movie, it was discovered that the whole World Grand Prix was a setup by Miles Axlerod just to turn the world against alternative fuels.

The events were covered by RSN, and the races were commentated by the commentators Brent Mustangburger, Darrell Cartrip and David Hobbscap.

Season histories

2011

In the first WGP, the races were sabotaged. In the first race, Acer and Grem broke the engines of Miguel Camino, Rip Clutchgoneski and Max Schnell. After an error of Lightning McQueen, Francesco Bernoulli won the first race in Tokyo. At the second race in Porto Corsa, three other engines were broken, those being of Carla Veloso, Nigel Gearsley and Shu Todoroki. The explosion of Shu's engine caused him to spin, and Miguel hit him. After the contact, Max hit them both. Also, Rip and Raoul ÇaRoule arrived in a terrible crash, where Shu Todoroki risked his life. Fortunately, Lewis Hamilton and Jeff Gorvette braked before the accident that involved five cars. Lightning McQueen won the race. At the last race in London, the race was suspended because Mater entered the track and brought Lightning with him off the course. After the surprise, Mater unmasked Miles Axlerod.

World Grand Prix events

Tokyo Welcome Party
Tokyo race
Porto Corsa race
London race

Raceways

All of the WGP raceways are street circuits, long and with dirt parts. Here are the circuits.

Competitors

Francesco Bernoulli #1 - Italy
Lewis Hamilton #2 - United Kingdom/Grenada
Max Schnell #4 - Germany
Miguel Camino #5 - Spain
Raoul ÇaRoule #06 - France
Shu Todoroki #7 - Japan
Carla Veloso #8 - Brazil
Nigel Gearsley #9 - United Kingdom
File:New rearendia flag.png Rip Clutchgoneski #10 - New Rearendia
Jeff Gorvette #24 - U.S.A.
Lightning McQueen #95 - U.S.A.

Employers

Cars that were contracted to work for the World Grand Prix's events.

Trivia

Originally, the World Grand Prix was to be composed of five races. Paris would have hosted a "Le Mans-style 24-hour race", and in Germany's Black Forest a "DTM-style rally race" would have taken place. But these races were abandoned because it was too complex to tell. However, in the Nintendo DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game, they do appear.
According to the country, the name "World Grand Prix" change of language, example: in Italy, Mondiale Grand Prix, in Japan: ワールドグランプリ (Wārudoguranpuri).
The World Grand Prix has a mascot whose name was revealed to be Globie.
There are no pit stops witnessed in any of the races, but they are available as mentioned by Acer.
There is no #3 racer in the WGP (in development, Jeff Gorvette was originally going to be #3).