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Sebastian Vettel admits Ferraris early-season reliability problems have caught them by surprise - but does not believe they are a consequence of the team pushing to catch Mercedes. The Scuderia have lost one car to unreliability in each of the seasons opening two rounds. Kimi Raikkonen dropped out at the Australian GP after a turbo failure caused an airbox fire, while Vettel did not even take the start in Bahrain on Sunday after his car started trailing smoke on the formation lap.Although Ferrari are yet to confirm the cause of Vettels failure, team boss Maurizio Arrivabene said initial investigations pointed to a broken valve or injector. After problems with their redesigned power unit during winter testing, speculation in Bahrain suggested Ferrari were still wary of pushing it to the limit.Reliability has long been one of the Scuderias strengths but, asked by Sky Sports News HQ if their recent frailties were a by-product of pushing hard, Vettel said: Not really.We sorted out our problems over winter and starting the season it was a surprise what happened to Kimi. Today was a surprise again so we need to understand what happened and learn. However, team-mate Raikkonen, who managed to split the Mercedes pair in Bahrain to finish second, accepted Ferraris push to overhaul the world champions was not without risk.For sure they will [improve reliability], but its sport where things can go wrong and things can happen, the former world champion said.Always pushing the limit sometimes things go wrong. Its not ideal, thats not what were looking for, but were pushing where we want to be, in the front.Raikkonen finished just six seconds behind race winner Nico Rosberg, although the German admitted he was managing his pace at the front. Ferrari were again beaten by both Silver Arrows in qualifying, although had been challenging in Q3.We are nearly there in qualifying, Arrivabene told Sky F1. Theres a long way to go, so we need to work hard and be concentrated on our performance on the race. Ted Kravitz brings you all the latest news following the Bahrain GP Speaking to written media later, the Ferrari chief admitted he was frustrated to lose Vettels car before the race had even started, although was full of praise for Raikkonens absolutely spectacular recovery after a terrible start.One, Im not happy at all because with this strategy and looking at the performance of Kimi I think we were able to do a very, very good race with Sebastian, the Italian said.Having said that, Kimi had a bit of problem at the start and I think that penalised him quite a lot because he overtook three guys ahead of him and maybe, and I underline maybe, he compromised victory of the race.The way that Kimi drove during the race was spectacular - absolutely specular. If you look at the overtake on the external part of the kerb with Ricciardo, he reminded me of the drivers in the old times when they were battling and they were brave. It was very, very good. 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Handre Pollard was set to play a key role in the Bulls Super Rugby campaign Hanndre was easing back into training, his first phase of final rehab before being cleared to play, and was busy with a passing drill when he injured himself, coach Nollis Marais said in a statement.ddddddddddddThis is pretty devastating for all of us as Handre was a key player for us.The pivot has won 20 Test caps for the Springboks since making his debut in 2014 and was among South Africas leading performers when they finished third after losing to New Zealand in the World Cup semi-finals.The Bulls start their Super Rugby campaign on February 27 when they travel to Newlands to take on the Stormers, live on Sky Sports 4. Also See: Super Rugby fixtures Super Rugby table Rugby on Sky Live scores Up to ￡30 free matched bet ' ' '