"So now what?" was the question going through the minds of nearly everyone who followed Fatih's career, from any level they had discovered him.
The reason Fatih had high expectations and was crushed when his exemption application to the FIA was denied was not just because he was arrogant about his talent and expected everyone and everything to bend over backward to accommodate him, but because of the sheer number of different groups participating in the lobbying campaign for the FIA to allow the exemption for Fatih.
In the lead were both Red Bull and TOSFED, who had the largest influence. Red Bull wanted their driver to be able to debut as early as possible to gain experience, while TOSFED wanted to finally have the first Turkish driver in F1. They had been supporters of Fatih, providing both monetary support and a frictionless process for all the paperwork that needed to be provided, approved, and more for him, so they both pushed for it fully.
