Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sunbeam Works Racing cars participated in the 1922 XVI Grand Prix de l’A.C.F. in Strasbourg. The race took place on July 15, 1922 and was run to a formula stipulating that maximum engine capacity should not exceed 2- litre and that the cars should be two-seaters weighing not less than 650 kg. The formula was to remain in force for four years producing \"fields of brilliance to be unequalled for many years\" it was the first rolling massed start in the history of Grand Prix motor-racing.Three Ernest Henry designed team cars were constructed for the event and a similar fourth test car served as a test, practice and spare car until its engine was ruined by fire before the race. During the race the engines in all three Sunbeam team cars failed and none finished.After the Grand Prix one of the Sunbeam cars was entered in a Brooklands race, which it won. All four cars were subsequently sold to privateers and entered in various events with varied levels of success. All three team cars and the test/practice car survive as a rare example of a complete British Works team of the Vintage era. However, only one is original; the other three are genuine, authentic and resurrected."@en }
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- Grand_Prix_Sunbeams_1922 abstract "Sunbeam Works Racing cars participated in the 1922 XVI Grand Prix de l’A.C.F. in Strasbourg. The race took place on July 15, 1922 and was run to a formula stipulating that maximum engine capacity should not exceed 2- litre and that the cars should be two-seaters weighing not less than 650 kg. The formula was to remain in force for four years producing \"fields of brilliance to be unequalled for many years\" it was the first rolling massed start in the history of Grand Prix motor-racing.Three Ernest Henry designed team cars were constructed for the event and a similar fourth test car served as a test, practice and spare car until its engine was ruined by fire before the race. During the race the engines in all three Sunbeam team cars failed and none finished.After the Grand Prix one of the Sunbeam cars was entered in a Brooklands race, which it won. All four cars were subsequently sold to privateers and entered in various events with varied levels of success. All three team cars and the test/practice car survive as a rare example of a complete British Works team of the Vintage era. However, only one is original; the other three are genuine, authentic and resurrected.".