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 at the final race, as it 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 finale at London was suspended so Lightning McQueen held an unnoficial 4th race at his hometown of Radiator Springs so they can give a propper ending for the WGP and decide a winner.

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 blew the engines of Miguel Camino, Rip Clutchgoneski and Max Schnell with a hiden electromagnetic pulse emittor. 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 blasted, those being of Carla Veloso, Nigel Gearsley and Shu Todoroki. The explosion of Shu's engine caused him to spin, and caused multi-car pileup. 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, Miles Axlerod was arrested due to the whole event being controlled by him in an attempt to twist people's opinion of alternative fuel. Due to the London race being suspended, The WGP ends up held in McQueen's hometown, Radiator Springs.

World Grand Prix events

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
Shu Todoroki #7 - Japan
Carla Veloso #8 - Brazil
Nigel Gearsley #9 - United Kingdom
Raoul ÇaRoule #06 - France
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).