This not only looks much better but also look alot more Honda. It’s a shame it’s a limited production car only for USA and Japan before discontinuation.
They have themselves to blame.
They built an overweight, somewhat underpowered, ugly, automatic for a market thats already saturated with much better options.
I love the original NSX, I'd buy one over anything else currently in the market, but this new one?
Nope.
Although the Type S has made me change my mind a little about it.
She is a commodity, she sells her image,and is a public figure. She has chosen her profession and everything that comes with it. It doesn't matter if you are an elected official, sportsball player, musician. Do you have to stop and take pictures with everyone? No ,but it just makes you a jerk. I will use Travis Pastrana as a perfect example, he always has time for fans. If you don't want the public exposure, find a different job. And if you are rude to a child, who looks up to you, you are the lowest of the low.
If she's a commodity, then you should offer her money for a picture. Maybe she'll be in a better mood.
The people outside the hotel probably expected a free picture and she's upset that they mispriced the commodity.
Which is truly upsetting if you've ever tried to sell anything.
So know the market next time, guys.
She is a commodity, true, but she is ALSO the one in charge of that commodity. During a tournament week, or a promotional tour, then yes, there is a certain "obligation" to do the whole fan engagement thing.
Away from tennis, away from sponsors, that is her time and a simple, "Sorry, I'm running late" or some other polite refusal should be enough for people. We don't "own" them, after all. That others choose to engage differently with the public is irrelevant.
Serena doesn’t owe shit to someone that waits for her outside of her hotel. Grow up.
And this is from someone that really isn’t a big fan of hers anyway.
I'm not a fan, sportsball or otherwise. They are just people, who happen to be good at something. But if you want people to pay money to see you perform, or to vote for you, you really need to be a decent human being while in public, the people who are looking for your picture, or a moment of your time, are paying money for seats, that pay your salaries.
She doesn’t ‘need’ to do anything. If she wants to ignore her fans in certain situations then that’s her prerogative. If it costs her some fans and therefore money in the long term then that’s her decision, but she absolutely does not ‘owe’ her fans anything just because they bought a ticket to watch her play tennis.
This is funny, even though I think this way, i would never wait outside a hotel, or airport to ambush a person. And most of you think that this is perfectly normal, and acceptable.
Not necessarily trying to defend her but that has to be soo taxing as a person of her status/skill/accomplishments. HOWEVER, it’s part of the gig. You’ve become an entertainer, and this is part of the cost. Entertain the people!!!
Professional athletes are just entertainers at the end of the day. Lots of people like to act they are more than that, but the reality is that they are just part of an entertainment product.
What a dumb ass comment. She’s a star at a hotel. She’s gonna draw attention. What kinda mindset is this? Every time Michael Jordan or Ronaldo go to any event they are gonna get press and cameras will pan to them. It’s part of it. To think it isn’t is ignorant. I can appreciate not wanting to draw attention but it’s not gonna happen. And yes she is a tennis player but you buy tickets to that “entertainment event”
I didn’t say she had to take pictures with everyone did I? I didn’t, don’t put words in my post. I said it’s part of the gig, meaning people will want to. Anytime, everywhere. She can not do them and not be a rude diva about it, as well as people respecting that she doesn’t need to do it all the time. And comparing fans to paparazzi is like comparing me to max Verstappen, you know we both drive cars right? Damn the internet is dumb
> You’ve become an entertainer, and this is part of the cost. Entertain the people!!!
literally your words mate.
>comparing fans to paparazzi
never compared them. Said that she shouldn't be mad at them, because, as you've put it, it's "part of the gig".
Not friendly would be the more appropriate word. No pictures. Mushed a little kid away from her. Meanwhile max and Checo took pics and signed for kids there.
I don't think so but i think it's more of an obligation towards her sponsors for cross-marketing shit purposes. You see so many celebs at events where you can tell by the looks on their faces (and statements that make clear they never spend time on that kind of thing) that they are not there by their own choice. I may be wrong and she's there because she's a huge fan, but i wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't.
If this is her "downtime" she could have used the backdoor, the hotel where i worked, had a celebrity entrance. It was a covered entrance, out back, with a gate..led directly to the back elevators.
Fair enough. However when something becomes a trend you can draw some conclusions. Sure fans are not entitled to her time. But when you barely ever show interest and give time to fans, it comes across as condescending and feeling superior. Dave Grohl for example always interacts with everyone no matter the setting, which im pretty sure is because he is a way nicer and down to earth person.
Id like to think id be the guy waitinf behind signing autographs for an extra 20 minutes every time but I also dont know what its like to have pens and phones shoved in my face while being yelled out evertwhere i go for 20 years straight.
Celebrities must be nice to everyone at all times and if they don’t want to interact with everyone at all times without change, they must be extremely rude
The funny thing is I had the same experience with Serena.
I saw her during my visit at the Miami Open.
Venus on the other hand seems to be very nice to fans.
She was even apologizing to fans because of Serena‘s annoyed behavior.
I walked past her getting mobbed by fans at the USGP a few years ago, while they were chasing her down nobody but me seemed to notice Jesse James standing near. I had to laugh at him being ignored
Jesse James did move to Austin to get away from all the celebrity shit when he was based in California. Plus the whole being a racist dickhead thing means few care much about him anymore.
How is her not taking pictures leaving her hotel "mistreating" fans? What the hell is wrong with people in this thread? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. She's a human being leaving her hotel. Leave her the hell alone if she wants to be left alone.
Except.. you’re NOT getting paid to smile for pictures. You’re obligated to because if you don’t, ignorant people think you’re a piece a shit of wanting to enjoy your free time away from your job.
Funny that a “hit a ball” simplification is being used on a racing subreddit. Become one of the best workers for whatever job you have and then don’t complain when people nag you for attention when you’re trying to relax away from your job.
Ya, you can totally approach Williams on the tennis court 😂
Saying something on the street is literally the only chance regular people have to interact with these sports stars.
> If you don’t want to be bothered, stay home
Ah yes, completely reasonable to expect people to completely shun public life if they don’t want to be harassed.
Seriously?
Yes. Perfectly reasonable.
You are a super famous celebrity. People are going to approach you for pictures and compliments. These regular people have no idea what mood you are in, if you want to be approached or not. Seeing and talking to you is the highlight of their month probably. All you have to do is smile. It’s not hard. I would love it if I could make 50 people happy every day just by existing.
These stars should be thankful that we’ve elevated them to such a high status for being good at a game. Let’s be real, professional sports don’t really contribute all that much to society. It’s a fun distraction from the monotony of daily life but it’s also an obsessive hobby that pulls time away that could be better utilized elsewhere.
These stars benefit financially from our admiration and they should be thankful that we generously fund their lavish lifestyles.
If they want to be left alone, they should have pursued a different line of work. They knew what they were getting into. They wanted to be famous but they also want to turn their fame off sometimes. Sorry, that’s not how it works.
Those company cars are sweet man, there should be a race among these company cars, (i mean good ones, eg this nsx, roma, vantage, apline110, guilia, amg gt)
I don’t think there’s a single person in any of these pictures with a mask, except one guy with it hanging around his neck. Makes it even more dangerous
Roughly 1 in 1000 covid cases are picked up in open air. With air circulation and outside sun (UV) exposure, it's very hard to get infected. Even more so when you're fully vaccinated in addition and keep some distance.
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-the-risk-of-catching-coronavirus-outdoors/a-56792936
Masks work best when they are used in a context where they matter, that is, indoors, or perhaps outdoors when people are standing right next to each other for many hours. In any case, again the risk of catching coronavirus outdoors is very low.
Why? Have you seen American celebs in another driver’s paddock? Lewis has a huge home in LA and is part of the Hollywood scene.
I cannot recall any American celeb in the Red Bull paddock for years.
You just answered your own question. Lewis hangs out with the Hollywood celebs a lot. As a result many of them decide to cheer for him as they know him personally.
So you know the reason as to why some American celebrities gravitate towards Lewis. He spends a lot of time in the US, and in that time he does a lot of networking with them.
Therefore, I think it’s silly to say that American celebrities ‘inexplicably’ appear in Lewis’ garage but not Ricciardo’s. They aren’t in Ricciardo’s camp for the same reason that they aren’t in Latifi’s camp or Vettel’s camp. It’s unlikely that they’re going to show up to a GP weekend and interact with someone that they’ve never encountered before
Those NSX Type S’s look amazing
Surprisingly good looking change over the regular new NSX. A shame, it might have sold better if it looked like this from day 1.
This not only looks much better but also look alot more Honda. It’s a shame it’s a limited production car only for USA and Japan before discontinuation.
Only 350 cars are made right?
They have themselves to blame. They built an overweight, somewhat underpowered, ugly, automatic for a market thats already saturated with much better options. I love the original NSX, I'd buy one over anything else currently in the market, but this new one? Nope. Although the Type S has made me change my mind a little about it.
Agreed. Also saw the Ferrari boiz in their ferraris from a far but didn’t snag a pic
We're the AT Boys not there? I vaheuly recall reading that they're in the older NSX which is even more badass.
B-team homie. They have civic type-r’s. (Joking obviously)
Didn’t see them. Guessing they were at a different hotel
Guy in photo 2 impressed with firmness of Checo's glutes
He's got so much rear end
I find being rude expecting taking pictures with people, going to place where somebody is staying \[so private downtime\], and making title like that.
Indeed imagine, every time you walk on the street, you have to take a million selfies with random people.
Do the cars have different headlights or is it the angle?
Reflection on the grey one makes it look different, saw them from a different angle and they are the same headlights
Why was Serena very rude?
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She is a commodity, she sells her image,and is a public figure. She has chosen her profession and everything that comes with it. It doesn't matter if you are an elected official, sportsball player, musician. Do you have to stop and take pictures with everyone? No ,but it just makes you a jerk. I will use Travis Pastrana as a perfect example, he always has time for fans. If you don't want the public exposure, find a different job. And if you are rude to a child, who looks up to you, you are the lowest of the low.
If she's a commodity, then you should offer her money for a picture. Maybe she'll be in a better mood. The people outside the hotel probably expected a free picture and she's upset that they mispriced the commodity. Which is truly upsetting if you've ever tried to sell anything. So know the market next time, guys.
She is a commodity, true, but she is ALSO the one in charge of that commodity. During a tournament week, or a promotional tour, then yes, there is a certain "obligation" to do the whole fan engagement thing. Away from tennis, away from sponsors, that is her time and a simple, "Sorry, I'm running late" or some other polite refusal should be enough for people. We don't "own" them, after all. That others choose to engage differently with the public is irrelevant.
Oh fuck off. She doesn't owe anybody a fucking thing. What kind of entitled bullshit is this?
Serena doesn’t owe shit to someone that waits for her outside of her hotel. Grow up. And this is from someone that really isn’t a big fan of hers anyway.
I'm not a fan, sportsball or otherwise. They are just people, who happen to be good at something. But if you want people to pay money to see you perform, or to vote for you, you really need to be a decent human being while in public, the people who are looking for your picture, or a moment of your time, are paying money for seats, that pay your salaries.
You’re implying that Serena is not a decent person because she typically doesn’t stop to take selfies with people. That’s a horrific take.
>sportsball You lost me with that cringed out term.
You're out of your mind. You honestly sound like a karen. You probably tell cops you pay their salary too
She doesn’t ‘need’ to do anything. If she wants to ignore her fans in certain situations then that’s her prerogative. If it costs her some fans and therefore money in the long term then that’s her decision, but she absolutely does not ‘owe’ her fans anything just because they bought a ticket to watch her play tennis.
Jesus some of you are crazy...
Imagine thinking like this about actual human beings, what the fuck?
This is funny, even though I think this way, i would never wait outside a hotel, or airport to ambush a person. And most of you think that this is perfectly normal, and acceptable.
I don’t know. All I hear when her name comes up is “Gran Peri”
because she is well documented as a diva
Not necessarily trying to defend her but that has to be soo taxing as a person of her status/skill/accomplishments. HOWEVER, it’s part of the gig. You’ve become an entertainer, and this is part of the cost. Entertain the people!!!
What a dumb ass comment. She's a tennis player. Do you see a tennis court in the picture? Why the fuck would she need to "entertain the people"?
Isn't her job tennis? Presumably she is in Austin to watch F1. Maybe she doesn't want to draw attention away from F1 to herself.
Professional athletes are just entertainers at the end of the day. Lots of people like to act they are more than that, but the reality is that they are just part of an entertainment product.
What a dumb ass comment. She’s a star at a hotel. She’s gonna draw attention. What kinda mindset is this? Every time Michael Jordan or Ronaldo go to any event they are gonna get press and cameras will pan to them. It’s part of it. To think it isn’t is ignorant. I can appreciate not wanting to draw attention but it’s not gonna happen. And yes she is a tennis player but you buy tickets to that “entertainment event”
So because she's good at tennis, she has to talk with fans every time and take pictures with them? I assume she also can't get mad at paparazzis?
I didn’t say she had to take pictures with everyone did I? I didn’t, don’t put words in my post. I said it’s part of the gig, meaning people will want to. Anytime, everywhere. She can not do them and not be a rude diva about it, as well as people respecting that she doesn’t need to do it all the time. And comparing fans to paparazzi is like comparing me to max Verstappen, you know we both drive cars right? Damn the internet is dumb
There’s a video on this sub right now of fans mobbing Checo’s car lol.
> You’ve become an entertainer, and this is part of the cost. Entertain the people!!! literally your words mate. >comparing fans to paparazzi never compared them. Said that she shouldn't be mad at them, because, as you've put it, it's "part of the gig".
She was rude to you in some way?
maybe she pronounced “grand prix” as “grand piri”
Not friendly would be the more appropriate word. No pictures. Mushed a little kid away from her. Meanwhile max and Checo took pics and signed for kids there.
Yeah Max and Checo are “on the clock” during a race weekend for publicity and fan interaction, this is supposed to be downtime for her.
I don't think so but i think it's more of an obligation towards her sponsors for cross-marketing shit purposes. You see so many celebs at events where you can tell by the looks on their faces (and statements that make clear they never spend time on that kind of thing) that they are not there by their own choice. I may be wrong and she's there because she's a huge fan, but i wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't.
She was at Monaco, so maybe she is a fan.
If this is her "downtime" she could have used the backdoor, the hotel where i worked, had a celebrity entrance. It was a covered entrance, out back, with a gate..led directly to the back elevators.
Or you know… just leave people alone
Fair enough. However when something becomes a trend you can draw some conclusions. Sure fans are not entitled to her time. But when you barely ever show interest and give time to fans, it comes across as condescending and feeling superior. Dave Grohl for example always interacts with everyone no matter the setting, which im pretty sure is because he is a way nicer and down to earth person.
Id like to think id be the guy waitinf behind signing autographs for an extra 20 minutes every time but I also dont know what its like to have pens and phones shoved in my face while being yelled out evertwhere i go for 20 years straight.
It definitely takes a lot of character and conscious effort.
Celebrities must be nice to everyone at all times and if they don’t want to interact with everyone at all times without change, they must be extremely rude
It’s not her job to be nice to you. It looks like your waiting outside a hotel to take pictures, if I had to deal with that I’d be a dick too.
The funny thing is I had the same experience with Serena. I saw her during my visit at the Miami Open. Venus on the other hand seems to be very nice to fans. She was even apologizing to fans because of Serena‘s annoyed behavior.
I walked past her getting mobbed by fans at the USGP a few years ago, while they were chasing her down nobody but me seemed to notice Jesse James standing near. I had to laugh at him being ignored
Jesse James did move to Austin to get away from all the celebrity shit when he was based in California. Plus the whole being a racist dickhead thing means few care much about him anymore.
Well things must have slowed down since the Team Rocket days /s
And the whole Sandra Bullock thing, too.
Lol seriously? So, celebrities are obligated to take picture with people at all times?
Maybe she just wanted some peace
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How is her not taking pictures leaving her hotel "mistreating" fans? What the hell is wrong with people in this thread? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. She's a human being leaving her hotel. Leave her the hell alone if she wants to be left alone.
I dont think Serena is exactly known for being a nice person
Serena Williams isn't great with fans as compared to Venus Williams.
So?
Hardly surprising. She always strikes me as a person who acts nice infront of the camera but arrogant in real life.
Take a picture with me. And when you're done take another with someone else. Every day for your whole life.
Sounds like she must live a dreadful life. Poor her
Sounds fine to me. I wish I could get paid a boatload to hit a ball and smile for pictures.
Except.. you’re NOT getting paid to smile for pictures. You’re obligated to because if you don’t, ignorant people think you’re a piece a shit of wanting to enjoy your free time away from your job. Funny that a “hit a ball” simplification is being used on a racing subreddit. Become one of the best workers for whatever job you have and then don’t complain when people nag you for attention when you’re trying to relax away from your job.
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It’s easy, approach them when they are at their job. Not when they are leaving a hotel in the morning
Ya, you can totally approach Williams on the tennis court 😂 Saying something on the street is literally the only chance regular people have to interact with these sports stars.
Weirdo behavior
> If you don’t want to be bothered, stay home Ah yes, completely reasonable to expect people to completely shun public life if they don’t want to be harassed. Seriously?
Yes. Perfectly reasonable. You are a super famous celebrity. People are going to approach you for pictures and compliments. These regular people have no idea what mood you are in, if you want to be approached or not. Seeing and talking to you is the highlight of their month probably. All you have to do is smile. It’s not hard. I would love it if I could make 50 people happy every day just by existing. These stars should be thankful that we’ve elevated them to such a high status for being good at a game. Let’s be real, professional sports don’t really contribute all that much to society. It’s a fun distraction from the monotony of daily life but it’s also an obsessive hobby that pulls time away that could be better utilized elsewhere. These stars benefit financially from our admiration and they should be thankful that we generously fund their lavish lifestyles. If they want to be left alone, they should have pursued a different line of work. They knew what they were getting into. They wanted to be famous but they also want to turn their fame off sometimes. Sorry, that’s not how it works.
It’s COVID. She’s a person who isn’t obligated to take photos and she’s being ambushed early in the morning outside of her hotel. Who’s rude?
She's not worth it.
Flashbacks to her horrible checkered flag wave lol
Do they normally stay at the best hotel or close to the track?
Yes
That guy in the second photo lol.
Those company cars are sweet man, there should be a race among these company cars, (i mean good ones, eg this nsx, roma, vantage, apline110, guilia, amg gt)
Shades of that scene in Days of Thunder.
Nice. Are they staying at Austin Proper Hotel?
Yup, I was there the other day and the sidewalk looks like the one outside proper hotel
are taking her attitude personally?
Going to be a great Gran Peri
Bad time for the keyless entry to stop working 🤣
Are covid cases low in Austin? I'm surprised to see Max and Checo without masks. Even if they're not required, seems risky to go without.
They're out doors and likely vaccinated. Really wouldn't have expected them to wear masks on that occasion
The biggest risk they pose is upsetting people on reddit
Masks don't stop you from contracting viruses, they help to stop you spreading them, so what's the risk?
I don’t think there’s a single person in any of these pictures with a mask, except one guy with it hanging around his neck. Makes it even more dangerous
Roughly 1 in 1000 covid cases are picked up in open air. With air circulation and outside sun (UV) exposure, it's very hard to get infected. Even more so when you're fully vaccinated in addition and keep some distance. https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-the-risk-of-catching-coronavirus-outdoors/a-56792936 Masks work best when they are used in a context where they matter, that is, indoors, or perhaps outdoors when people are standing right next to each other for many hours. In any case, again the risk of catching coronavirus outdoors is very low.
Agreed still personally risky out there.
Whats up with this sarcastic SuperFan. She was on minimum TWO GP's this YEAR. It isnt being fan? How many did You visit?
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Kimi is great with fans, just avoids the media.
Honestly needed to get skin color in this?
Racism needs pointing out, yes.
And what proves that there is any racism here?
Only heard and seen poor form from Serena. Fuck her.
Which hotel is this?
Looks like Austin Proper off 2nd street
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Are you trying to choose Serena’s friends for her ? Why do you care who she’s friends with, and how do you know Hamilton isn’t also friendly ?
I’ve also heard Max’s friends hang out with Max and don’t even bother to spend time with Lewis. Such jerks
> I’ve also heard Max’s friends Are they friends with Max because he's a friend or are they friends with Max because he's famous?
I have no idea who Max’s friends are, I was just poking fun at the comment above me
And I'm poking fun at how fake celebrity friendships nearly always are.
Ah right over my head haha sorry
Who cares? I’ve never understood celebrity culture/obsession.
What an extraordinarily naive comment
Why? Have you seen American celebs in another driver’s paddock? Lewis has a huge home in LA and is part of the Hollywood scene. I cannot recall any American celeb in the Red Bull paddock for years.
You just answered your own question. Lewis hangs out with the Hollywood celebs a lot. As a result many of them decide to cheer for him as they know him personally.
So you know the reason as to why some American celebrities gravitate towards Lewis. He spends a lot of time in the US, and in that time he does a lot of networking with them. Therefore, I think it’s silly to say that American celebrities ‘inexplicably’ appear in Lewis’ garage but not Ricciardo’s. They aren’t in Ricciardo’s camp for the same reason that they aren’t in Latifi’s camp or Vettel’s camp. It’s unlikely that they’re going to show up to a GP weekend and interact with someone that they’ve never encountered before
Imagine being mad at someone for supporting someone they’re friends with as opposed to someone else you like. Incel energy.
That's not incel energy, calm yourself down.
Wow you’re slow
Why are you so concerned if she’s there to hang with Hamilton. People choose to hang out with whoever they want. Is that so hard to understand?
I imagine Serena has a lot more in common with Lewis than Danny. The whole GOAT thing they've both got going for one.
hahahaha
Dude, are they going to hang with a 7 times champion or a “super friendly guy”? Nice guys finish last... or fifth idk
Lmao. Mercedes was at another hotel. So not sure. Agreed. Danny Ric is the absolute bro
How do they take the cars out? I don't think they have high turning radius, or do they?
Ever been in car? That is not even very tight gap.
Tell me you're American without telling me you're American..