International Grand Prix

The International Grand Prix is a very strange race; anything on wheels can enter, from sports cars to fire engines to bullet trains to sharks cosplaying as sports cars. It's the only race that Auggie Cahnay never won.

The course begins in a snowy forest, apparently in the middle of nowhere, and winds through mountains, eventually finishing at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Fiction

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

When Skid-Z became possessed by the spirit of Auggie Cahnay and was compelled to enter races, Koji Onishi theorised that he would attempt to take part in the International Grand Prix. Optimus Prime ordered all of the Autobots to take part in the race in order to try and track down the rogue Autobot. Also taking part in the race were Sky-Byte and Megatron, who simply wanted to destroy the Autobots, plus a number of human racers, apparently unaware of what they were in for.

The race began in a snowy, mountainous region. Team Bullet Train and the Spychangers were taken out early on by Megatron, leaving Optimus Prime and the Autobot Brothers to go on in search of Skid-Z. The four Autobots located him in a mountainous part of the course, but were unable to stop him and ran into trouble with Megatron themselves. Luckily, Skid-Z did turn back to lend them a hand with the rock Megatron had dropped on them, before they all continued in the race.

Skid-Z eventually won and was presented with the winner's wreath and trophy, only to dash off again after hearing Koji's watch alarm. Skid Z's Choice

Notes

• In "Trans-Europe Express", the Europa 2000 begins at the Arc de Triomphe!

Foreign names

• Japanese: Tairiku Ōdan Great Race (大陸横断グレートレース, "Transcontinental Great Race")