Go faster in present though beaten in past (6)
I believe the answer is:
outrun
'go' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outrun that I've seen before include "Overtake, escape" , "Go faster than as in foot race" , "Be too fast for on foot" , "Lose" , "Go faster than, on the gallop" .)