| FIRING | Getting rid of top motorsport group (6) |
| SAILOR | Mariner puts up alternative name, getting rid of top soldiers (6) |
| OVERTURE | Abruptly, Chappell is back, confident after getting rid of top opener (8) |
| MONACO | Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and this Grand Prix form the Triple Crown of Motorsport. (6) |
| LEMANS | Locale for one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport |
| WALKER | Late English motorsport commentator, Murray _ (6) |
| NASCAR | An upsetting skin mark from motorsport (6) |
| ADRIAN | The Flux Arena at King's Lynn is 'Norfolk's premier motorsport venue' (6) |
| SAUBER | From 1993 until 2018, it raced under the ... Motorsport name. In 2019, it got renamed as Alfa Romeo Racing. (6) |
| AFRICA | Although originally home to a world famous motorsport event, only five Grands Prix have ever been held on this continent. (6) |
| JORDAN | Dublin-born motorsport executive who founded a team that competed in F1 from 1991 to 2005 (6) |
| RAFFIA | Fibre shown by service organisation for motorsport |
| ROADEO | Portmanteau for some motorsport events |
| AXEL | Get rid of top level skating jump (4) |
| OPED | Managed to get rid of top column with a slant? |
| APEX | Summit of a mountain; pinnacle of achievement; or, a clipping point of the racing line in motorsport (4) |
| CAPP | Member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame |
| KROLL | Horst ___ (Auto racing legend, Honourable Member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame) |
| RALLY | Sequence of point-deciding to-and-fro shots in tennis, squash or badminton; mass gathering for a cause; or a form of motorsport (5) |
| GRAHAMHILL | The only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship |
