Ernst Von Delius

Ernst von Delius (29 March 1912 – 26 July 1937) was a racing driver from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Von Delius died at the age of 25 years at the

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...

Circuit during the

1937 German Grand Prix The 1937 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on 25 July 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 ...

, having suffered a fatal collision with

Richard Seaman Richard John Beattie Seaman (4 February 1913 – 25 June 1939) was a British Grand Prix racing driver. He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix. He died o ...

Ernst was the brother of Carl Christian Alexander von Delius and Friedrich von Delius. His two surviving nephews are Carl Christian von Delius (Kalispell, Montana) and Curt Friedrich von Delius (Central Florida). 1912 births 1937 deaths People from Elbe-Elster People from the Province of Saxony German racing drivers Grand Prix drivers Racing drivers from Brandenburg Racing drivers who died while racing Sport deaths in Germany European Championship drivers {{Germany-autoracing-bio-stub