Sebastian Vettel insisted he was disappointed to see Lewis Hamilton's qualifying ended early because of a hydraulics problem at the German Grand Prix on Saturday.While the Ferrari driver claimed his second pole position at Hockenheim, his main championship rival will start 14th after coming to a halt on the circuit in the closing moments of Q1.Hamilton's reaction was particularly notable as he crouched down by the side of his car with his head in his hands, with even former teammate Nico Rosberg expressing concern for the Briton.And in the case of Vettel, while admitting it is beneficial for him, he doesn't want to think his success only comes because of problems for others.“Obviously we saw but I don’t know what exactly happened,” he said, referring to Hamilton's problems.“It doesn’t really matter. Obviously, you look after yourself and for me, it was a good session and everything went smoothly.“You always try to push the limits. Don’t wish anything bad or technical issues to happen to anyone. It’s a shame to see him go out, and I mean it.“But you look after yourself. The most important part of the weekend is the race.”Vettel is aware that anything could still happen in Sunday's Grand Prix, with Hamilton appearing out of the equation at Silverstone before Safety Car's allowed him to finish second.The 31-year-old also still faces tough competition for the win with the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas putting up a strong fight in qualifying to briefly take pole before the local favourite claimed it back.Teammate Kimi Raikkonen also looks strong while Max Verstappen and Red Bull will be more competitive over a race distance than they are a single lap.

In qualifying though, the winner at the Nurburgring in 2013 admits he didn't at one moment feel under too much pressure.

“The car was a pleasure to drive," he stated.

“Some days you can feel already when you go out and do your first flying lap, that you have something in your hands that you can play with, that’s the feeling I had today.

"From there it just got better. It was more about tuning myself. In the sessions before sometimes I did get the laps together, sometimes I didn’t – I was trying different things.

“I knew in Q3 I could get quite a bit out of the car and myself, and made it work. Really happy, both laps on the limit.

“Then the adrenaline kicks in. It’s quite a good feeling when you get everything right. Really, really happy with the car and the work we’ve done overnight.”

His eventual pole time of 1m11.212s was a new lap record at Hockenheim, with this the first year the current car designs have raced around the legendary venue.