World Grand Prix

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The World Grand Prix logo on The Mel Dorado Show.

The World Grand Prix (WGP; Japanese: ワールドグランプリ, romanisation: Wārudoguranpuri; 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, England.

File:World Grand Prix Logo.svg

The World Grand Prix logo shortening its name to ''WGP''.

A notable participant in the race is Francesco Bernoulli, who is the favorite to win the event. 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, the World Grand Prix's official mascot.

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.

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. 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. 

After the London disaster, it is unknown if there more WGPs after Cars 2 or not.

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	Great Britain	-

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  Tokyo Map

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  Porto Corsa Map

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  London Map

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

After the competition, 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

• File:Włochy.png 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
• Rip Clutchgoneski #10 - Republic of New Rearendia
• Jeff Gorvette #24 - U.S.A.
• Lightning McQueen #95 - U.S.A.

Results and Standings

Drivers Championship Standings

Pos.	Racer	Points	JAP	File:Włochy.png ITA	GBR
1	Francesco Bernoulli	21	1st	2nd	Race cancelled
-	Lightning McQueen	21	2nd	1st	Race cancelled
3	Lewis Hamilton	16	5th	3rd (DNF)	Race cancelled
4	Jeff Gorvette	13	7th	4th (DNF)	Race cancelled
5	Shu Todoroki	11	4th	9th (Ret)	Race cancelled
6	Carla Veloso	10	3rd	11th (Ret)	Race cancelled
-	Raoul ÇaRoule	10	8th	6th (Ret)	Race cancelled
8	Rip Clutchgoneski	9	10th (Ret)	5th (Ret)	Race cancelled
9	Nigel Gearsley	8	6th	10th (Ret)	Race cancelled
-	Max Schnell	8	9th (Ret)	7th (Ret)	Race cancelled
11	Miguel Camino	5	11th (Ret)	8th (Ret)	Race cancelled

Sponsors

After Sir Miles Axlerod considered the last race in London to not be run on Allinol, lots of British trademarks took on to sponsor the last race, and its publicity appeared at the circuit's barriers.

• Dinoco
• Petroll
• Petrolla
• UKML
• Fizzy
• Ackley's
• UK Motor Lubs
• Lassetyre
• ROstyle
• Texoil
• Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear Car

Employers

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

• Darrell Cartrip
• Brent Mustangburger
• David Hobbscap
• Alex Carvill
• Erik Laneley

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 "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.
• 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 (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, which changed to #24 instead).
• Although there are 12 spots in each race, there is only an odd number of 11 racers.
• There where multiple guest racers that took part at the party for the World Grand Prix in Tokyo. They did not participate in the races themselves however.
  • Those include: Frosty Winterbottom, Long Ge, Vitaly Petrov, Fernando Alonso, Flash Nilsson and Memo Rojas, Jr.
• On a video for the Pixar Cars YouTube channel about the NASCAR die-casts, one of the headlines report Francesco taking pole position for a World Grand Prix series.
  • It is unknown if it's a reference to the Porto Corsa race, since Francesco was positioned first for it, or is a completely new WGP.

Gallery

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  The World Grand Prix logo on Tokyo.

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  The Tokyo race starting grid.

• The incredible race start at the Tokyo race.

  The incredible race start at the Tokyo race.

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  Concept art of Lightning McQueen and Francesco Bernoulli racing on Porto Corsa.

• Darrell Cartrip, Brent Mustangburger and David Hobbscap.

  Darrell Cartrip, Brent Mustangburger and David Hobbscap.

• Holley Shiftwell analysing the EMP weapon.

  Holley Shiftwell analysing the EMP weapon.

• Max Schnell crashing into Miguel Camino.

  Max Schnell crashing into Miguel Camino.

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• Lightning McQueen and Francesco Bernoulli near the finish line.

  Lightning McQueen and Francesco Bernoulli near the finish line.

• The racers drifting on Willy's Butte.

  The racers drifting on Willy's Butte.

• The last race in London.

  The last race in London.

• The Admirality Arch.

  The Admirality Arch.

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  Francesco beats Lightning in Tokyo.

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  Lightning McQueen barely beats Francesco in Porto Corsa.

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  Concept Art of the racers.

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  Concept Art with the racers names.

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  The France race's map on Cars 2: The Video Game.

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  The Germany race's map on Cars 2: The Video Game.

• Emblems for the racers in the WGP.

  Emblems for the racers in the WGP.

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