Nico Rosberg called his Germany pole "really satisfying" after nailing a late lap in Q3 in spectacular style to edge out Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Rosberg had gone purple in the first two sectors on his opening Q3 lap when he bailed out and pitted, something Mercedes put down to an electronics issue. That allowed Lewis Hamilton to take provisional pole ahead of the final runs at the end of the session.
Mercedes fuelled Rosberg for more laps in case of a mistake but the German only needed one, crossing in a very impressive 1:14.363 in front of his home crowd, two tenths up on Lewis Hamilton.
Speaking about that lap, he said: "Yeah it was a great feeling. It was a great lap and not only was it just one lap that I had but I also had extra fuel to make sure I had another shot if a mistake or something happens.
"So I had fuel for three laps so that was some more time in hand there. So that was a really satisfying lap."
Rosberg admits he has never experienced anything similar to the issue he experienced in the final session, which saw him loose control of his throttle pedal as he entered Hockenheim's stadium section.
"It was frustrating at the time because it was a quick lap and I managed to lose it just two corners from the end, in a way that I've never experienced before. It was definitely tough in that moment and I also knew that I had to put extra fuel for the last run to be able to do three laps, just to have a bit of a contingency plan in case it didn't quite work out."