World Racing Grand Prix The World Racing Grand Prix , known as the World Riding Duel Grand Prix in the Japanese version , or initialed WRGP in both versions , is a prestigious tournament held on New Domino City within the series " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " to celebrate the unification of the Satellite Sector with New Domino City , the tournament has participants from all over the world competing to be the champion . Unlike standard tournaments though , competitors enter in teams of three and compete one at a time under special rules . However , underneath the tournament ' s prestigious and slogan of international unity , Iliaster is using the WRGP to fuel their plans to complete the Grand Design , an action that once completed will destroy New Domino City and alter the future of humanity by summoning the Divine Temple . Sponsoring . A poster featured in episode 98 reveals that the tournament was sponsored by several corporations featured in previous " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " series , as well as implying that by this time , Pegasus had passed away . The listed sponsors were as follows : Gameplay mechanics . In accordance with the WRGP Turbo Duel s : rather than being a 1 - on - 1 Duel , it will be conducted through groups and each teams shares a pool of Life Points in each Duel , equal to 4000 times the number of Duelists on their team . If 1 person on the team loses , all remaining cards on the field of that person are moved , if applicable , to the field of the next person on the team to Duel , and the turn immediately advances to the End Phase . The losing player is still on the Duel during the end phase and can activate card effects ( if able ) . The Graveyard does not move with the other cards . After a loss , the losing Duelist must reach the next member of their team in order to continue the Duel . If the losing Duelist absolutely cannot reach the next team member ( e . g . due to their Duel Runner being destroy ed ) , the team loses the match . The team also loses if someone tries to help the defeated player reach the pits . While a team changes their current player , The other team ' s Speed Counter s increase by 1 for each lap their current active Duelist completes during the time it takes for the next Duelist to come out . If their Speed Counters reach 12 , the maximum , each lap takes away 1 Speed Counter from the other team until it hits 0 , which means they lose . This rule only occured in the Memorial Circuit , since the Turbo Duel tracks used for the rest of the competence were too long for a Duelist to complete more than 1 lap before the other team switches players . The matches are Survival Duels , so the winner of each Duel must continue against the next opponent with the same stats he / she finished the last Duel ( field , Life Points , hand , removed from play cards , and Graveyard . ) If a Duelist enters the pits ( for any reason ) by notice of their team , they lose all Speed Counters but do not lose the Duel or the Match ; whether or not the remaining person gains Speed Counters per lap in this case is unknown and unconfirmed as of now . If a team decides to switch to the next member while the other team is switching , they continue with the accumulated Speed Counter s . Lastly , the Duels will also be done on Manual Mode , rather than auto - pilot . It was also because of the WRGP that the unique Field Spell Card , " Speed World " was upgraded to " Speed World 2 " , which is an official card for this tournament . " Speed World 2 " cannot be destroyed . Preliminary Rounds . The preliminary rounds for the WRGP are formed like a league and play in a round - robin style . There are 32 participating teams in total , which are then divided into 8 blocks with each block containing 4 teams . Those teams compete against each other . Originally the 2 top teams in each block would advance further in the tournament , but due to the competition being temporarily suspended to repair the damage to the city done during the Diablo incident , some of the matches were cancelled , therefore only 1 team in each block advanced . In Block A , the only teams known to be there are Team 5D ' s , Team Unicorn and Team Catastrophe . In the end , the winning teams left , compete against each other in a tournament .