This article is from the Motorsport FAQ, by A H Henry bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
The common "street" pronunciation for Brazilian names may be
different to the "formal" pronunciation.
Ayrton Senna | Ah-EER-tone senn-a (EE sounds like "i" from "in") Mauricio Gugelmin | Mow-RI-see-oh Goo-gel-min ( The see-oh sounds very | close to "see-you" as the final "o" tends to sounds | like "ouh". The RI is a soft "r" like in "risk") Rubens Barrichello | roo-bens Bah-he-KEH-loh (Bah-he is a hard sound which | is made with the tongue and not from the throat) |[Although Barrichello is an "Italian" name, it is | pronounced differently in "street" Brazilian].
 
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