Talk:Leonel Gómez Vides

Formula One
I believe you, but the sources do say he was a Formula One driver. Do you have a source that contradicts this? Ganesha811 (talk) 23:12, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * "Leonel owned a small coffee farm, was an expert marksman, was a motorcycle racer and he had an interest in Formula One racing cars" (https://www.concordmonitor.com/Carolyn-Forche-and-how-we-remember-El-Salvador-34316614).
 * Searching for "Leonel Gómez Vides Formula 1" in Google is the only thing I find. I can't find anything that says he was just an enthusiast, but the fact that he's not on statsf1.com or any other F1 databases that list even drivers who "came close" shows he was never a driver. --Nordschleife 00 (talk) 23:21, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I think that's reasonable, but the Washington Post obituary (link) does say that he was a driver, and I recall that Weissman said the same in his book (link), though I can't verify that as I no longer have the book in front of me. Do you think WaPo misinterpreted the facts, or something similar? Ganesha811 (talk) 00:06, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

New sources
Some new sources I've just clipped and hope to incorporate into the article:


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108006120/leonel-gomez-vides-1981-profile/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108006257/profile-of-leonel-gomez-vides-1982/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108006469/carolyn-forche-el-salvador/

—Ganesha811 (talk) 04:46, 21 August 2022 (UTC)