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This article is from the Motorsport FAQ, by A H Henry bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.

64 Pronouncing Germanic names (Motorsport Pronunciation Guide)

Pronunciation of `ch' in German: This is a soft gutteral sound. Take
the "ch' from `which', remove the `t' part from that sound -- et voila!

Michael Schumacher      | Mi-cha-el ("i" as in "in", "ch" as in Michelle "a" as
                        | in "part", "el" sounds like "ale")  Shoe-mach-er
                        | (gutteral "ch")
Heinz-Harald Frentzen   | High-nts Hah-rahld Frren-tsen
Karl Wendlinger         | Kahl Ven-dling-ah
Gerhard Berger          | Gair-hard Bair-gair
Roland Ratzenberger     | Ro-land Rah-tsen-bair-gair
Jos Verstappen          | yohs fair-shtopp-en (The 'a' sounds more like 'o'
                        | in Dutch)
                        |
Sauber Mercedes         | zow-ber mer-tze-des

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