Six-time V8 champion Jamie Whincup's Supercars team has been given until late Friday afternoon to lodge its appeal against the penalty that cost him victory in the Bathurst 1000.

Supercars legend Mark Skaife will make a comeback at Bathurst next year, but not in the touring car classic that helped make him famous.

The outcome of the Triple Eight Holden team's bid to overturn the penalty that cost six-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup victory in the Bathurst 1000 is unlikely to be decided until after next week's Gold Coast 600.

The Formula One world drivers' championship is Nico Rosberg's to lose.

Peter Brock's brother says Jamie Whincup would not have been a worthy recipient of the winner's trophy named after his famous sibling after a controversial Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.

Nico Rosberg eased to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday with a drive that handed Mercedes their third straight constructors championship.

An appeal has been sensationally launched by Jamie Whincup's Holden team in the wake of Will Davison's controversial Bathurst 1000 triumph at Mount Panorama on Sunday.

Holden's Will Davison won his second Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama on Sunday.

Trouble has struck sentimental favourite Craig Lowndes in the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama on Sunday.

Misfortune has already struck four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Jamie Whincup at Mount Panorama on Sunday.

Australian  Daniel Ricciardo will start from fifth place in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, while world championship leader Nico Rosberg grabbed pole position in his Mercedes.

If six-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup doesn't regain his Bathurst 1000 crown after three near misses in a row, it won't be for lack of giving it his all. Again. As usual.

 Defending Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom has struggled to defend his title so far this season, but he is poised for a turnaround in the Bathurst 1000.

A proposed $20 million international circuit alongside the iconic Mount Panorama track could host a second Supercars event at Bathurst.

Six-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup set a near-record pace to secure the early advantage ahead of the race-off for pole position for Sunday's Bathurst 1000.

Colourful Supercars driver David Reynolds popularised "the shoey" celebration that has taken international motor sport by storm, but he would be unlikely to drink champagne from his racing boot if he were to win the Bathurst 1000.

Some will argue, but V8 legend Allan Grice has a strong case to claim that he scored the last true privateer victory in the Bathurst 1000.

The likeable Australian, who snuck in a quick dose of his favourite sport before his Malaysian F1 victory, says even the most robotic of his rivals are starting to lower their guards as he charms a new generation of motorsport fans.

Still buzzing from his Malaysia win, the Australian gets a playful reminder from his teammate of his standing with Red Bull.