World Grand Prix

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</image> <group> <header>Race details</header> <label>Date</label> <label>Official name</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Course</label> <label>Surface</label> <label>Course length</label> <label>Distance</label> <label>Turns</label> <label>Weather</label> </group> <group> <header>Podium</header> <label>First</label> <label>Second</label> <label>Third</label> </group> <group> <header>Race Guide</header> <label>World Grand Prix Races</label> </group> </infobox> The World Grand Prix (Japanese: ワールドグランプリ/ Italian: Mondiale Grand Prix) 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, United Kingdom. A notable participant in the race is Lightning McQueen. The competition unites the 12 best racers of all race types to determine the world's fastest car (although there were only 11 competitors). 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 WGP was used by Axlerod to execute his evil plan of making alternative fuels look bad. It's unknown if the WGP continued after Cars 2. The events were covered by RSN, and the races were commentated by the commentators Brent Mustangburger, Darrell Cartrip, and David Hobbscap.

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Globie, the World Grand Prix's official mascot.

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 electromagnetic pulse emitter. 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 Todoroki's engine caused him to spin, and caused a multi-car pileup involving Miguel Camino, Max Schnell, Raoul ÇaRoule and Rip Clutchgoneski. Lightning McQueen won the race. At the last race in London, the race was suspended because Mater entered the track and brought Lightning McQueen 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.

Points system

At the beginning of the Porto Corsa Grand Prix, the point system is revealed.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
Points Earned	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0

World Grand Prix Events

• Tokyo Welcome Party
• Tokyo Race
• Porto Corsa Race
• London Race

Raceways

The World Grand Prix has three Grand Prix races. They take place on three urban circuits around the world and have a similar layout. Indeed, each track consists of fast straightaways, technical turns and a dirt section. This fair layout allows all drivers to be on an equal footing.

Grand Prix

N°	Grand Prix	Circuit	Country	Laps	Turns
1	Tokyo Grand Prix	Tokyo Street Circuit	Japan	52	34
2	File:Włochy.png Porto Corsa Grand Prix	File:Włochy.png Porto Corsa Street Circuit	File:Włochy.png Italy	60	49
3	London Grand Prix	London Street Circuit	United Kingdom	-

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  Tokyo Map

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  Porto Corsa Map

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  London Map

It was originally planned to have two more circuits. The Paris Street Circuit in France and the Black Forest Street Circuit in Germany. However, they were cancelled.

After the disaster at the London Grand Prix, a Radiator Springs Grand Prix was organized in Radiator Springs, but was not officially part of the World Grand Prix even if the rules and racers were the same.

Competitors

Name	Number	Country
Francesco Bernoulli	1	File:Włochy.png Italy
Lewis Hamilton	2	United Kingdom/Grenada
Max Schnell	4	Germany
Miguel Camino	5	Spain
Raoul ÇaRoule	6	France
Shu Todoroki	7	Japan
Carla Veloso	8	Brazil
Nigel Gearsley	9	United Kingdom
Rip Clutchgoneski	10	Republic of New Rearendia
Jeff Gorvette	24	United States
Lightning McQueen	95	United States

Results and Standings

Drivers Championship Standings

Pos.	Racer	Points	JPN	File:Włochy.png ITA	GBR
1	Lightning McQueen	18	2nd	1st
-	File:Włochy.png Francesco Bernoulli	18	1st	2nd
3	Lewis Hamilton	9	5th	DNF (4th)
4	Jeff Gorvette	8	7th	DNF (3rd)
5	Carla Veloso	6	3rd	DNF (11th)
6	Shu Todoroki	5	4th	DNF (9th)
7	Rip Clutchgoneski	4	DNF (10th)	DNF (5th)
-	Raoul ÇaRoule	4	8th	DNF (6th)
9	Nigel Gearsley	3	6th	DNF (10th)
10	Max Schnell	2	DNF (9th)	DNF (7th)
11	Miguel Camino	1	DNF (11th)	DNF (8th)

Gallery

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  The World Grand Prix racers Concept art.

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  The Tokyo Grand Prix starting grid.

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  Francesco beats Lightning in Tokyo.

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  The Porto Corsa Grand Prix starting grid.

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  Lightning beats Francesco in Porto Corsa.

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  The London Grand Prix starting grid.

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  The first chicane around the fountain, in front of Buckingham Palace.

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  The Radiator Springs Grand Prix starting grid.

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  The racers at Willy's Butte.

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  The Paris Grand Prix's map on the DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game.

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  The Black Forest Grand Prix's map on the DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game.

Names in other languages

• Portuguese: Grand Prix Mundial
• Turkish: Dünya Kupası (cars 2) - Dünya Grand Prixi (Cars 2 trailer only)

Trivia

• Originally, The World Grand Prix was to be composed of 5 races. Paris would have hosted a 24-hour endurance race, and in Germany's Black Forest a rally race would have taken place. They do however, appear in the DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game.
• Depending on the country, the name "World Grand Prix" is translated to the country's language, for example, in Japan: ワールドグランプリ, in Italy: Mondiale Grand Prix.
• Although there are 12 spots in each race, there is only an odd number of 11 racers.
• There is no #3 racer in the World Grand Prix.
  • Jeff Gorvette was originally going to have the number #3, which is the main number real life Corvettes race with, however his number was changed to #24 as a reference to Jeff Gordon's racing number.
• There were multiple guest racers that went to the welcome party for the World Grand Prix in Tokyo. However, they did not participate in the races.
  • Those guest racers were: Frosty Winterbumper, Long Ge, Vitaly Petrov, Fernando Alonso, Flash Nilsson and Memo Rojas Jr.
• Originally there were plans to feature a Porsche 911 GTS1 racer and a Ferrari F430 GTS2 racer however they did not make it to the final version of the film.
  • It is possible that they were replaced by Lewis Hamilton and Miguel Camino respectively due to their classes. The Porsche was a GTS1 racer just like Lewis while the Ferrari was a GTS2 racer like Miguel.
• Fabrizio was originally planned to be a racer in the World Grand Prix but was instead retooled to be a background character in the final product.
  • However, he is shown racing on the Porto Corsa circuit in the mega poster for Cars 2, possibly as a callback to the initial plans for his character.
• The World Grand Prix took inspirations from many motorsports leagues, especially Formula One. However, it also might have been inspired by the A1 Grand Prix series, that ran from 2005 to 2009 where the competitors represented their nation in a similar fashion to how racers do in Cars 2.