iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Didn’t travel to Spa this weekend, so I came to visit this man instead, on the 11th anniversary of his passing. They have relocated his remains from elsewhere in the cemetery #JB17

1241

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Will Buxton has the play by play duties at the Indianapolis 500 while Formula 2 continues here in Montreal. It was his commentary on this series in the GP2 days that attracted the attention of SPEED Channel who hired him as a pit reporter in 2010. And look at him now!

1160

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I refused to move until all four astronauts were successfully out of Orion and in the life raft

0271

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I am on the beach in San Diego… we didn’t see or hear anything of Artemis II on re-entry as expected, but there were a LOT of people out here anyway, several were crowded around my iPad and Bluetooth speaker watching the live NASA feed. Huge cheers broke out when we saw all three main chutes open ❤️

512416

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Ran the track this evening as fast as I could, except for pausing briefly at Jules Bianchi’s accident site #JapaneseGP

1341

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Guess which idiot did a sponsor engagement with Lando Norris this evening and forgot to take a decent picture #AustralianGP 🇦🇺

0220

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

ICYMI, I got to vent a considerable amount of my nerd F1 knowledge this past weekend when commentating at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. How much can we say about the 1988 Lola LC88? 🇦🇺

2221

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

West, Gitanes, Gauloises, Camel. It's all 1980s-1990s F1 to me...

2181

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I can’t even begin to tell you how jet lagged I feel after moving forward 11 time zones from the US west coast. Which means there are a LOT of very exhausted personnel in the F1 pit and paddock this weekend. Anyone who says it doesn’t affect them is lying #QatarGP 🇶🇦

1221

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I gave a little on-stage history lesson about F1 in the US this morning, wearing a real photographer tabard from Watkins Glen 1973, as well as quoting from an original 1974 race programme. I continue to cater for my F1 nerd brethren :) #USGP

1380

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

There was a reunion of SPEED Channel / NBC Formula 1 alumni when @willbuxton.bsky.social joined me on stage in Austin today. Great days for both of us, then and now! #USGP

1250

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

In case you wondered what Monaco looks like eight days after the Grand Prix

2380

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Here's a fun picture. My NBC colleagues in the hotel bar after the #MonacoGP back in 2013. Among them are two people who would go on to be the lead announcers for the #Indianapolis500 on US television, neither of whom were born in the US: Leigh Diffey (2018-2024) and Will Buxton (2025)

4180

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s a hard life. I mean SOMETIMES it’s a hard life… #MonacoGP 🇲🇨

4453

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Another win for Alex Dunne and Ireland in Formula 2 today. This time I came to the track prepared 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 #ImolaGP

1351

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

ICYMI on my Insta, I’m wearing a hefty neck brace at Imola following a second spinal fusion surgery last week. It looks way worse than it is, I actually feel great #ImolaGP

5320

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Carlo Ancelotti obviously fancies Aston Martin’s chances in 2026

1292

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In hospital for my third spinal surgery in three years, this time to remove a compressed and prolapsed C6/C7 disc that was close to hemorrhaging completely and was severely restricting the movement in my right arm, a problem I’ve been hiding from everyone at all the Grands Prix so far this season…

9310

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I received this as a gift at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. It is so nicely wrapped that I don’t want to open it… maybe I should though?

2190

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Live view of everybody else racing McLaren today #MiamiGP

0340

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

BBC website out here confusing tf out of casual F1 fans #MiamiGP

1242

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I just commentated on this LEGO race during the Drivers’ Parade in our hospitality space and it was unintentionally one of the highlights of my career 😂 #MiamiGP

1361

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The Formula E television broadcast is giving us some amazing angles during qualifying this morning :) #MonacoEPrix

1191

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

My algorithm came up with this image this morning. Myself, producer Justin Kircher, Will Buxton, David Hobbs, Steve Matchett and Leigh Diffey in our days doing F1 on NBC from 2013-17. We were doing F1 on American television long before it was cool :)

9241

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The walls of hospitality are resplendent with F1 track maps of the world, but this one has been bothering me all weekend. Can anybody work out why? #SaudiArabianGP

1040

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

To those who say Lando Norris will never win a championship if he’s the sort of driver who crashes in qualifying at Jeddah, I give you:

8503

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I think this venue is more impressive in daylight than at night, the coast of the Red Sea is really stunning #SaudiArabianGP 🇸🇦

1100

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

On this day in 1987, a six-year-old was forced to watch the Brazilian Grand Prix by his older brother who was in charge of the remote control. Suitably fascinated with what he saw, that six-year-old went on to make it a career beginning in 2003, which is currently ongoing :-D

2420

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The local cell network in Bahrain has been changed to “Bahrain Race” for the weekend. In December it was changed to “McLaren F1 Champs” as the Bahrainis own the team #BahrainGP 🇧🇭

2150

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Does anyone else look at this and instinctively think “Mexico City”? #BahrainGP 🇧🇭

371

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The Shinkansen is so f***ing fast, and yet so smooth. What an impressive feat of Japanese engineering 🇯🇵

3350

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I’ve found my favourite fan at the track. I’m guessing he doesn’t encounter too many people who recognize that he is dressed as 1970s F1 driver Arturo Merzario #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

2533

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I can see the marshals using hoses attached to water trucks to try and dampen the grass verges at the Dunlop Curve #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

4251

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Ahh memories. Hands up if you were a fan and watching back in 1987! #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

3170

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I THINK WORLD CHAMPION OIL NOODLE

2180

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Update from Tokyo. It has rained all day and has not climbed above 8C. It will warm up but we’re told that this rain by catch up with Suzuka by raceday… #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

0200

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Japanese television is such a trip. There’s always seven thousand captions on the screen and a picture-in-picture of one of the studio guests watching the pre-taped segments. Like *always*

070

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I’m already in Japan and it’s pretty miserable in Tokyo. Cloudy, rainy and very cold, only 6C (43F). It’s supposed to be like this all week until it is supposed to magically return to normal when the cars leave the Suzuka pitlane on Friday #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

6362

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Two McLarens, two Mercedes, two Ferraris, a Red Bull and the guy Red Bull didn’t promote to their race seat #ChineseGP

1161

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Two Dubliners together... EJ from Dartry and my Dad from Inchicore. Ironically I never took a picture of EJ and myself

4401

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

An honour and privilege to be again be part of the trackside commentary team at the #AustralianGP. How lucky am I to get to work with such a professional yet relentlessly hilarious group of guys all here out of a passion for motorsport. Wish it was more than once a year!

0130

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

It is lashing it down, like stair rods #AustralianGP 🇦🇺

1200

Sean Kelly @virtualstatman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The Friday guests were wowed by my knowledge of 1980s Grand Prix legend Piercarlo Ghinzani #AustralianGP 🇦🇺

0110