Speed gets novice into position (5)
I believe the answer is:
place
'position' is the definition.
(I know that position can be written as place)
'speed gets novice' is the wordplay.
'speed' becomes 'pace' (pace is a kind of speed).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'novice' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'pace' going around 'l' is 'PLACE'.
'into' is the link.
(Other definitions for place that I've seen before include "Spot" , "Site" , "Scene; put" , "Endearingly pretty" , "Location; put" .)