Toby Price, the 2016 overall bike winner of the Dakar Rally, is the best-placed Australian after day one of the 2018 edition in Peru.

Toby Price is in Lima, directing his enduro motorcycle toward the dunes of the Peruvian desert, and two weeks of pain in the Dakar Rally.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has apologised after sharing a video on Instagram of him chastising his nephew for wearing a princess dress.

Cameron Hill has his sights set climbing up the motorsport ladder.

​Ferrari could lead other Formula One teams into an alternative championship if the sport becomes too much like the US-based NASCAR series, but says they hope it doesn't come to that.

Formula One is considering scrapping the use of grid girls at all 21 races next season amid increasing concerns that their presence is "outdated" and "tarty nonsense".

​Jean Todt was re-elected unopposed as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Formula One's governing body, for a further four-year term on Friday with a new role for his former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.

Mark Webber will be inducted into the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in March.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo replaced Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen as Formula One's pass master in 2017 but the season saw half the number of overtaking moves following the introduction of faster and wider cars.

Daniel Ricciardo has braced for protracted talks with Red Bull, adamant he's entitled to a contract befitting his claim to a Formula One championship.

German manufacturer to appeal technical infringement.

Electric racers, self-driving cars and spectator access are at the core of Formula E.

Alfa Romeo are returning to Formula One for the first time in 30 years with the century-old Italian marque partnering the Swiss-based Sauber team as title sponsors.

Daniel Ricciardo's Formula One season has finished the way it started - in frustration as engine problems prevented him from finishing a race.

Valtteri Bottas has won Formula One's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole position.

Jamie Whincup has won an unprecedented seventh Supercars title after Scott McLaughlin's championship dream turned to ruin during an epic finale in Newcastle.

Daniel Ricciardo will start from the second row while Lewis Hamilton was beaten to pole position by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi.

Scott McLaughlin has capitalised on Jamie Whincup's heartbreak, with the Ford star poised to claim his first Supercars title after a dramatic race in Newcastle.

COFFS HARBOUR: Thierry Neuville survived a dramatic final day to win Rally Australia and secure second overall in the World Rally Championship.