Ernst von Delius
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Ernst von Delius was a racing driver from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Von Delius died at the age of 25 years old at the Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...

 Circuit during the 1937 German Grand Prix
1937 German Grand Prix
The 1937 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on July 25, 1937.Driver Ernst von Delius collided with Richard Seaman during this race on lap 6 and the accident was eventually fatal for von Delius, experiencing thrombosis. Von Delius was 25 years old.-Classification:...

, having suffered a fatal collision with Richard Seaman
Richard Seaman
Richard John Beattie "Dick" Seaman , was one of the greatest pre-war Grand Prix drivers from Britain....

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Ernst was the brother of Carl Christian Alexander von Delius and Freidrich von Delius. His two surviving nephews are Carl Christian von Delius (Kalispell, Montana) and Curt Freidrich von Delius (Phoenix, AZ).
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