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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." Dirk Nowitzki Jersey . Louis Cardinals for the National League Wild Card, are in the drivers seat as they open the final series of the regular season, but they face a large task in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies. Luka Doncic Jersey . The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made. By releasing Bailey, the Broncos would open up cap space with the 12-time Pro Bowl player scheduled to make around $10 million next season. http://www.mavericksteamofficial.info/dw...vericks-jersey/. Bozak and Clarkson suffered the injuries in pre-training camp workouts, according to Carlyle, who said they made "small amounts of improvement" from Friday to Saturday. After the players were deemed less than 100 per cent by doctors after Thursdays medical testing, the Leafs held them out of on-ice testing and are being cautious. Jason Kidd Jersey . Beckham says "nothing has been confirmed yet, but its something I am very excited about." He adds that "Miami is something that really excites me because there is a great energy down there. Jalen Brunson Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer.TORONTO - Rising star Conor McGregor made a minimum of US$200,000 for his weekend victory over Dustin (The Diamond) Poirier at UFC 178.According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the Irish featherweight made a basic purse of $75,000 with a matching win bonus for his first-round knockout. The UFC kicked in another $50,000 for a performance of the night bonus.Poirier made $34,000, missing out on a win bonus of the same amount.The commission figures do not tell the whole financial story since the UFC does not detail all its fighter bonuses.Flyweight champion Demetrious (Mighty Mouse) Johnson collected $183,000, including a $54,000 win bonus, for submitting Chris Cariaso in the second round of the main event. The challenger picked up $24,000.Co-main event winner DDonald (Cowboy) Cerrone earned $126,000, including a $63,000 win bonus, for his unanimous decision over former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez ($100,000).ddddddddddddYoel Romero and Tim Kennedy won fight of the night honours for their middleweight bout. Romero won by second-round TKO, making $108,000 including a $29,000 win bonus and $50,000 for fight of the night. Kennedy picked up $120,000, including the fight of the night bonus.Former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz earned $150,000, including a $50,000 win bonus and a $50,000 performance bonus, for his first-round TKO over Takeya Mizugaki ($32,000).Montreal welterweight Patrick (The Predator) Cote made a basic purse of $32,000 in losing via decision to Stephen (Wonderboy) Thompson. ' ' '