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My manager used to drive me to training when we played together – now we’re targeting Premier League promotion
ANDREAS WEIMANN once shared a car to training as a young pro with John Eustace when they were Watford team-mates.
He is hoping his now manager can steer him and Blackburn back into the Premier League fast lane.
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Weimann, 33, has not played in the top flight for nine years since he left Aston Villa, losing three times in the play-offs.
He was unsuccessful with Derby in 2016 and 2018 and with West Brom last season while on loan from Bristol City — all in the semi-finals.
And it has been 12 long years since Rovers graced the Premier League.
The Austrian attacking midfielder told SunSport: “This is my tenth season in the Championship.
“It’s been such a long time since I was in the Premier League.
“I loved every minute of it when I was there with Villa.
“I spent six years with Bristol City and it was disappointing not to have won promotion with them.
“We just fell short of the play-offs so it’s definitely frustrating not to have gone up from this league since dropping down.
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“If I win promotion here with Blackburn it would top my career.”
And Rovers have certainly got off to a flying start this season. They go into thier clash with QPR unbeaten after six games and on 12 points.
Weimann, who only signed this summer from Ashton gate, has wasted no time in endearing himself to the Ewood Park faithful.
He scored a stunning volley to earn a 1-1 draw at rivals Burnley, which won him the Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month award.
And Weimann said: “It just dropped perfectly for me and felt like an age for the ball to go in — but it’s a goal I’m definitely never going to forget.
“I’ve only been at the club for a month-and-a-half and everyone told me how important this game was.
“So to score in front of the away fans at Turf Moor was brilliant.
“I’m just really enjoying it. I have come in and settled down well with all the lads.
“I feel good in myself and the body and the start has been great for us.
“We’re still unbeaten and there’s such a feel-good factor around the club. The work the boys did in pre-season has reaped rewards.
“What the manager worked on with them, you see coming out in games. The gaffer has got us close together.
“You can see that on the pitch, where a couple of games have been tight — but our togetherness has got us through those games, either getting us a point or all three.”
Andreas Weimann career stats
Aston Villa (2009-2015): 129 games, 24 goals, 12 assists
Bristol City (2018-2024): 216 games, 51 goals, 29 assists
Derby (2015-2018): 88 games, 9 goals, 6 assists
Watford (loan 2011/12): 22 games, 4 goals, 2 assists
Wolves (loan 2017/18): 21 games, 3 goals, 2 assists
West Brom (loan 2024): 13 games, 2 goals, 2 assists
Blackburn* 2024-present): 8 games, 3 goals
Austria national team (2012-2024): 25 caps, 2 goals
Weimann says it was because Eustace was Rovers boss that he decided to join — despite the fact the club were only spared relegation on the final day of last season.
And he admits it does feel bizarre playing for him now, years after being his team-mate and sharing a car to and from Watford’s training ground each morning.
He explained: “It’s a bit strange calling him gaffer — but apart from that everything is normal.
“I was only 19 when we played together. That was such a long time ago. He’s been just brilliant since he came in and is doing well as a coach.
“When I was at Watford on loan from Villa, I was still living in digs in Sutton Coldfield where he lived as well.
“I didn’t drive so he gave me lifts back from Watford, so he helped me a lot.
“I can’t remember the conversations we had in the car back then — but I was certainly grateful for all his help.
“One thing that I do remember, though, are the talks we had before I came here.
“We had chats about how he wanted me to play and saw me in the team and what position he saw me playing in.
“It all sounded good. The base of the squad was good.
“They should not have been where they were last season and the quality of the new players has helped us improve.”
And Blackburn have been entertaining, too. Only Sunderland and Burnley (13) have scored more than the 12 Rovers have put away so far.
And Weimann said: “We’ve worked a lot in units, where all the forwards go away and work on how the opposition set up and how we can break them down.
“Then, the new lads have come in and it’s clicked a bit for everyone.
“If you look at Blackburn in the last few years, they always had one high goalscorer — so scored lots.
“We’re sharing it around now but it’s always been a club where we’ve scored a lot of goals, to be fair.”
The Austrian is now targeting promotion and added: “I’ve lost in the play-offs three times so I’d like to settle that score.
“But the first aim is to make sure we’re not anywhere near where the club were last season.
“Yet if we can stay consistent, we’ll be there or thereabouts.”
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| Rank | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Max Verstappen
 |
Red Bull |
7 |
331 |
|
2 |
Lando Norris
 |
McLaren |
3 |
279 |
|
3 |
Charles Leclerc
 |
Ferrari |
2 |
245 |
|
4 |
Oscar Piastri
 |
McLaren |
2 |
237 |
|
5 |
Carlos Sainz Jnr
 |
Ferrari |
1 |
190 |
|
6 |
Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes |
2 |
174 |
|
7 |
George Russell
|
Mercedes |
1 |
155 |
|
8 |
Sergio Perez
 |
Red Bull |
0 |
144 |
|
9 |
Fernando Alonso
|
Aston Martin |
0 |
62 |
|
10 |
Nico Hulkenberg
 |
Haas |
0 |
24 |
|
11 |
Lance Stroll
 |
Aston Martin |
0 |
24 |
|
12 |
Yuki Tsunoda
 |
RB |
0 |
22 |
|
13 |
Alexander Albon
 |
Williams |
0 |
12 |
|
14 |
Daniel Ricciardo
|
RB |
0 |
12 |
|
15 |
Pierre Gasly
 |
Alpine |
0 |
8 |
|
16 |
Oliver Bearman
|
Haas |
0 |
7 |
|
17 |
Kevin Magnussen
 |
Haas |
0 |
6 |
|
18 |
Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine |
0 |
5 |
|
19 |
Franco Colapinto
 |
Williams |
0 |
4 |
|
20 |
Zhou Guanyu
 |
Sauber |
0 |
0 |
|
21 |
Logan Sargeant
 |
Williams |
0 |
0 |
|
22 |
Valtteri Bottas
 |
Sauber |
0 |
0 |
Last updated 23rd September 2024 at 06:16
Back in 1974, McLaren performed a feat that very few teams have achieved in motorsport – winning both the Indy500 AND the F1 Championship in the same year, with the McLaren M16 and M23 cars respectively. But what made these cars so spectacular? What makes them so similar, yet so fundamentally different?
Kevin Turner spent the day with McLaren at Pembrey Circuit to view these cars in action on track and find out everything to do with these title-winning machines. Many thanks to @McLaren for inviting us out for the day! If you want to read more about the cars, head over to the link below: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/when-mclaren-conquered-f1-and-the-indy-500/10660460/
0:00 Winning the Indy 500 & F1 Title
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The debate about to what extent the MotoGP riders who started the 2024 season with the latest Ducati specification had an advantage is still alive, although somewhat less than a few months ago when the Borgo Panigale brand had to decide who would partner Francesco Bagnaia in 2025 as second factory rider.
Enea Bastianini’s poor start to the year left Jorge Martin and Marquez as the main candidates to take his place, and in the end, it was the latter who won the battle. According to Ducati, one of the most important reasons for choosing the Catalan, who at that time in Mugello had not yet won a race, was the performance he was able to demonstrate with a 2023 bike which, on paper, is inferior in performance to this year’s prototype.
“The Ducati engineers saw my progression with the 2023 bike; that outweighed the rest,” said Marquez, just after being confirmed as a factory rider for next year. “According to Gigi [Dall’Igna, Ducati’s general manager], the element that tipped the balance was what I saw on the track; my progression and ability to improve.”
Although Dall’Igna himself has acknowledged that the GP24 can indeed be considered a better bike than its predecessor, there are still those who dare to question or relativise it.
“We have definitely improved the GP24 in those aspects where the GP23 was a bit weaker,” agreed Dall’Igna in August during the British Grand Prix, where Ducati introduced the last package of updates before stopping its development to let Bagnaia and Martin play for the title with the bikes they already know. “I have to say that the factory guys have done a really good job,” added Dall’Igna.
A detailed look at the trace left so far by the two models, and a comparison with what happened in last year’s championship, not only supports Dall’Igna’s comments, but practically settles the debate. Especially because of the four riders competing on a GP23, only Marquez has been able to withstand the push from those on the GP24, especially in the second half of the season.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing Team
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
The comparison between the statistics produced by the GP22 in 2023, and those left by the GP23 in 2024, confirms that the leap in quality of the 2024 bike over the 2023 is much greater than the one between the 2022 prototype and the 2023 one.
Last year, among the four riders who competed in the championship with the ‘old’ Ducati (GP22), they scored a total of four wins (three Bezzecchi and one Di Giannantonio), 13 podiums, three pole positions (two Marini and one Alex Marquez) and 15 front row starts.
These four victories account for 23.6% of the total of 17 wins for the Bolognese manufacturer. That proportion rises to 30.2% in podiums (13 of Ducati’s 43 total podiums). It is also worth noting that, in addition, all four riders were able to climb onto the podium on a Sunday, and all of them started at least once from the front row.
On the other hand, those percentages drop in 2024 with those who are currently riding the old version (GP23). And of those, only Marquez keeps that Desmosedici close. Last year’s specification has only won twice (Aragon and Misano) – always in the hands of the #93 rider – and that results in 13.3% of Ducati’s total number of victories (15).
As for the number of podiums, of the Italian manufacturer’s 48 total so far, only 10 (20.8%) belong to GP23s, eight of them by Marquez.
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