| EQUIPE | French term for a motor-racing team (6) |
| JAGUAR | Motor racing team that competed in F1 from 2000 to 2004 (6) |
| SAUBER | 2024 and 1993-2018 Swiss F1 motor racing team (6) |
| LOCKUP | A jail or roundhouse; an off-site garage, shelter for a motor car, small shop, storage unit etc, secured with a bolt; or, a long-term investment (4-2) |
| AGREGE | French term for a person successful in a competitive examination for teaching posts (6) |
| POURRI | Pot-__, French term for a mixture of dried plants chosen for their scents (6) |
| LEMANS | A motor-racing circuit opened for the 1923 French Grand Prix in this town (2,4) |
| ENFANT | ____ terrible, French term for a child who embarrasses elders by untimely remarks (6) |
| AUTEUR | French term for a singular director formed by the chemical symbol for gold + an anagram of "true" |
| DEVOIR | French term for a duty or educational exercise |
| RONDEL | UK racing team from 1971 to '73, an early venture involving ex- racing mechanic and motor sport entrepreneur Ron Dennis (6) |
| STROLL | Lawrence, owner of the Formula One Aston Martin racing team (6) |
| HOLDEN | Craig Lowndes' racing team until 2001 (6) |
| FERRARI | Formula One motor racing team whose logo features a prancing horse (7) |
| HESKETH | Lord ____ founded and ran a 1970s UK motor racing team |
| ALPINE | Formula One racing team whose drivers in the 2022 season include Fernando Alonso (6) |
| ADRIAN | ____ Newey, chief technical officer of the Red Bull Formula One racing team (6) |
| WILLIAMS | Formula One motor racing team for whom Nigel Mansell drove when he became world champion in 1992 (8) |
| ALPHATAURI | Formula One motor racing team for which Daniel Ricciardo drove in 2023 (10) |
| REFIT | Change of equipment concerning motor racing team's principal (5) |
