Sebastian Fettel?

[vernonk]

Watching F1 on Sky TV and one commentator calls him Fettel and the other says Vettel - which is correct? Strangely this is as annoying to my ears as when Cher sung about Walking in Memfuss.

[bennynobrain]

Sometimes a V in German is pronounced as an F sometimes like a V

like an F in Vier, Vogel, and Vettel ( meaning old woman )

Like a V in Leverkusen or Hannover

[Buenchico]

From the University of Portsmouth website:
http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/pronounce/consonv.html

[mushroom25]

//Strangely this is as annoying to my ears as when Cher sung about Walking in Memfuss//

then give her a miss and stick with the original version...

[ToraToraTora]

The correct pronunciation is Fettel, however it is the job of the British to mis pronounce foriegn words, especially names, at all times. There is a motorcyclist called HoareHay Lorenzo, in other words George!

[gingejbee]

TTT: and also to misspell English ones, eh?

[Quizmonkey]

Not as annoying as when people say 'sung' when they mean 'sang'