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MELBOURNE, Australia - Reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel says he cant understand why he struggled so much in a rain-hit qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, pushing him down to a starting grid spot of 12th for Sundays race. Vettel, who is aiming for his fifth-straight drivers championship, was brought down to earth at a rainy Albert Park street circuit, finishing well off the pace of pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and his new Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo. The German described the handling of his car as "horrible" during pre-qualifying practice, and things only got worse in qualifying "Once it started to rain, I was struggling with drivability ... it made life pretty difficult," Vettel said. Though disappointed with his own poor grid position, Vettel was buoyed by Ricciardos performance, which indicated Red Bull was not far off the pace of the front-running Mercedes despite a trouble-strewn preseason in which the team suffered an array of problems with the new V6 turbo hybrid engine. "There is performance in the car and that is the important thing," Vettel said. "We have a quick car and we just need to make it robust and reliable, but thats better than having a robust and reliable car and trying to make that quick." Vettel was at a loss to explain why Ricciardos car was apparently so much easier to drive. "There was not supposed to be a difference between the cars so today was not too happy on my side and we need to understand that, but fortunately it worked for him, so at least we have one car where it belongs." Elieser Hernandez Jersey . Viewers in the Canadiens region can watch the game on TSN Habs at 7:30pm et/8:30pm at. Jon Berti Jersey . MacArthur scored two goals, and the Senators outlasted Detroit in a testy third period to beat the Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday night. https://www.cheapmarlinsjerseys.us/. The United States clinched the final berth into the Ford Worlds, March 28-April 6 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, on Saturday in Blaine, Minn. Drew Steckenrider Jersey . Johansen scored twice and Derek MacKenzie, Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson also had goals to lead the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, ending a three-game losing skid. Marlins Jerseys China . Paul George and Darren Collison each scored 17 points and Roy Hibbert added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers (9-3), who won their third straight.TORONTO -- The lesson for the Toronto Marlies on Friday was never take a teams record for granted. Following back-to-back wins against the Western Conference-leading Grand Rapids Griffins, the Marlies found themselves over confident against the Syracuse Crunch on Friday and fell 6-3 in American Hockey League play. The Crunch, 11th in the Eastern Conference, entered Fridays action having won just twice in their previous 10 games. "We probably overlooked them and maybe looked at their record the last little bit, but theyre a team of winners," said Toronto forward Troy Bodie. "That team won the Calder Cup two years ago, they were two wins away from winning it last year and thats a team you cant take lightly." Vladislav Namestnikov scored twice and Brett Connolly chipped in with a goal and two assists for the Crunch (14-14-4) while Cedric Paquette and Pierre-Cedric Labrie each scored once. Trailing 2-0 in the second period, Syracuse battled back to score five unanswered goals and take a three-goal lead. "Puck management is everything," said Marlies coach Steve Spott. "We turned it over, its 2-2 and then its anybodys game. You have to manage the puck properly, the neutral zone at this level is so important. We turned over the puck on their first goal in the neeutral zone.dddddddddddd That got them back in the hockey game." Carter Ashton scored shorthanded at 14:24 of the first and Andrew Crescenzi at 5:03 of the second period to put Toronto (18-11-3) ahead 2-0. Ashtons shorthanded goal was the Marlies fifth of the season. "I thought our first 20 minutes was great, we had four 2-on-1s and a breakaway for five quality chances that we didnt capitalize on and thats where youve got to make hay," said Spott. "We allowed them to stay in the game, (but) give Syracuse credit. They hung in and hung in and they capitalized on our mistakes." The win helps Syracuse avoid its third straight loss. Mike Duco had the other goal for the Marlies, who lost for the first time in three outings. "What bothers me more than anything was our push back, we didnt have that push back or that edge here tonight," said Spott. "The nice thing is, Ive got healthy bodies and well re-arrange the line-up for (Saturday) afternoon." Kristers Gudlevskis made 32 saves for his seventh win of the season while Torontos Drew MacIntyre stopped 31 shots. Notes: The two teams play for the second, and final time this season, on April 12 in Syracuse. ... Toronto concludes its two-game homestand against the Utica Comets on Saturday. ' ' '