A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes, and by the time the truth catches up, it's too late. The lie has become lore.
And Fatih was actively experiencing this in the paddock, because in a period shorter than an hour from the interview, the rumor had spread enough that the number of people looking at him while talking to themselves increased.
The only saving grace was that their team was mostly spared by it due to his rapidly reporting the situation and making sure it was cleared before it could spread and gain its own legs.
"You are going to have to pry that title from my dead body," Dennis Hauger said, teasing Fatih, who was in the middle of reading a book when he approached.
"I've done it twice, what's fifteen more times?" Fatih said sarcastically without even raising his head.
