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Jenson Button believes that seventh place would have been possible at the Malaysian Grand Prix had it not been for an unlucky final Virtual Safety Car period.Button finished ninth in Sepang but lost out during the last Virtual Safety Car, having pitted just two laps before the race was neutralised following Lewis Hamiltons dramatic retirement with an engine failure. Button had been ahead of McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso and Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg, but ended up being jumped by both drivers when they effectively gained a free pit stop.It wasnt so bad but I was so unlucky with the Virtual Safety Car, he said. The cars behind me were on three-stops, I was on a two-stop strategy and two laps after I pitted there was a Virtual Safety Car so they gained about 15s with that.I was actually fourth after a great start but Kimi and Max just out-dragged me easily. It was looking OK, Hulkenberg and Fernando, behind me, were going for three stops, I was going for two and it was all looking good but then the Virtual Safety Car came out two laps after I pitted and that was it.The Briton struggled for pace on older tyres than Alonso and Hulkenberg in the latter stages in Malaysia. He was left to rue the missed opportunity to score more points and says he hopes his fortunes turn around in the final five grands prix of the season.Right at the end I simply wasnt that quick as my tyres were older than those of the cars in front. Hopefully for the last five races Ill be a bit luckier as Ive been a bit unlucky with strategies recently. Its a shame but I seem to be, in the last few races, with no luck on my side.The pace wasnt that great but I was still looking good for seventh place until the last VSC. Two stops is a better strategy but if theres a VSC at the right time for the others, then theres nothing you can do. 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Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. In a way, the 2016 season will pick up where 2015 left off: Alabama is No. 1, and Clemson is No. 2.The defending national champion Crimson Tide are the No. 1 team in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the fifth time in history and third time under coach Nick Saban.The Tide received 33 of 61 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,469 points in the poll released Sunday. Clemson, which lost a thrilling College Football Playoff championship game to Alabama in January, received 16 first-place votes and 1,443 points.This is the first time since 1992 that the teams that ended the previous season at Nos. 1 and 2 in the AP poll began the next season in the same spots. Miami and Washington did it that season.Also receiving top votes were No. 3 Oklahoma (four), No. 4 Florida State (five), No. 5 LSU (one), No. 6 Ohio State (one) and No. 7 Michigan (one). A year after the Buckeyes became the first unanimous preseason No. 1 in the history of the AP poll, seven teams received first-place votes, the most in the preseason since 1998.Stanford, Tennessee and Notre Dame rounded out the top 10.Alabama has won an unprecedented four national championships in the past seven seasons, but none has come when the Tide started No. 1 (2010 and 2013). Thats one of a couple of trends the Tide will be trying to buck this season. The last preseason No. 1 to win the national championship was USC in 2004. Alabama is the fourth straight defending champ to start the next season No. 1.Its basically humman condition to get satisfied with success, said the 64-year-old Saban, who is 105-18 at Alabama.dddddddddddd Theres a lot of books written on how to be successful. Theres not a lot of books written on how to stay successful.The Tide, ranked in the preseason top five for the eighth straight year, need to replace Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry and defensive All-Americans Reggie Ragland and AShawn Robinson and will be breaking in a new quarterback, but the next wave of four- and five-star recruits is ready to step up. In Calvin Ridley, Alabama has one of the best receivers in the country, and linebacker Reuben Foster and pass-rusher Tim Williams will anchor another potentially dominant defense.Clemson returns quarterback Deshaun Watson, a Heisman finalist whose 2016 campaign essentially started with a magnificent performance against Alabama in the championship game, and nine other offensive starters. The Tigers face tough opposition in their own division with Florida State.The Tigers and Seminoles give the ACC two top-five teams in the preseason poll for the first time in the history of the conference.Six SEC teams made the first Top 25, the most of any conference. The Pac-12 has five teams, while the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 each have four. The American has one representative in Houston at No. 15.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '