| SCHUMACHER | Surname of the German former racing driver with seven World Drivers' Championship titles (10) |
| ROSBERG | Nico, Finnish-German former racing driver who won the 2016 Formula One World Drivers' Championship (7) |
| HAMILTON | Lewis ___ all-time great Formula 1 driver who has a joint-record 7 World Drivers' Championship titles |
| UNTOLD | Former racing driver with support in East End It's extensive (6) |
| SEVEN | Number of Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles won by Lewis Hamilton (5) |
| FAHRENHEIT | What was the surname of the German instrument-maker who pioneered the use of mercury? (10) |
| STEVEDAVIS | English snooker player who won six World Championship titles during the 1980s (5,5) |
| CHRISADAMS | Former England cricketer who captained Sussex to the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship titles |
| BUTTONHOLE | Racing driver with puncture making corner (10) |
| ALAINPROST | French former racing driver born in 1955 who achieved 51 individual grand prix wins (5,5) |
| CAPABLANCA | Jose Raul -, 1921-27 World Chess Championship title holder (10) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian former racing cyclist known as The Cannibal |
| GRIMM | What was the surname of the German fairy-tale writing brothers of the 19th century? (5) |
| HENDRY | Scottish snooker player who retired in 2012 with a record-breaking seven world championship titles (6) |
| STIRLINGMOSS | British former racing driver who was runner-up four times in the Formula One World Championship (8,4) |
| RAEDER | Surname of the German admiral and Chief of Staff to Hipper, in World War I (6) |
| PLANCK | Surname of the German winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Physics (6) |
| MICHAEL | and 19ac, Formula One racing driver who won the first of his seven World Championships in 1994 |
| DEREKBELL | English former racing driver who won the 24 Hours Of Le Mans race five times (5,4) |
| ANDRETTI | Mario _, Italian-born US former racing driver who was one of motorsports' most successful drivers (8) |
