New Zealander Chris van der Drift is making steady progress in the International GT Open championship and is confident of a good result this weekend at Silverstone for round five of the series.

The V8 Supercars are in North Queensland this weekend for round seven of the championship and Jamie Whincup is beginning to get a jump on the field.

Twice as many people were killed on Auckland's local roads in the first five months of this year as in the same part of 2012.

Mitch Evans had only 12 laps to go and was closing in on the race leader when he was penalised.

The average age of a car in New Zealand is almost 14 years, but motor groups say people are putting themselves at risk.