Nico Rosberg has accused his own Mercedes team of putting him ‘under pressure’ during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg will start Sunday's race behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton after he missed out on pole by just 0.042secs in Shanghai. Informed he had been out-qualified by his championship rival for the third straight race, an exasperated Rosberg said: ‘Oh, come on, guys’, over the team radio. Nico Rosberg will start behind pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel third on the grid in China . Rosberg cut a frustrated figure in the paddock after he missed out on pole to Hamilton by just 0.042secs . The German was the final driver out of the pit-lane during qualifying meaning he had to turn in a quicker out-lap than he would have liked to start his final shot at usurping Hamilton before the chequered flag fell. ‘We need to look at that,’ said Rosberg. ‘It was not ideal to put me under pressure like that. I don’t think it cost me anything, but still even the mindset that I had to speed up. It is very annoying.’ Rosberg improved his time, but still fell agonisingly short of Hamilton’s best lap. The momentum is with the Briton this year and Rosberg cut a grumpy figure in the paddock after qualifying. Sparks fly off the back of Rosberg's Mercedes during qualifying for tomorrow's race in Shanghai . The German has now been out-qualified by Hamilton at each of the three races this season . Nevertheless, he remains confident he can prevent Hamilton from claiming his fourth victory in Shanghai on Sunday. ‘There are a few opportunities [to pass Hamilton],’ Rosberg, who was speaking to Sky Sports, said. ‘There is the start, there is strategy and then there is tyre degradation. Tyre degradation is going to be big issue because we are going to take the tyres to the limit so there is going to be lots of opportunities.’ Hamilton will start from the front of the pack as he bids to win his fourth grand prix in China .
Nico Rosberg was the last driver out of the pit-lane and was forced to turn in a quicker out-lap than he would have liked ahead of his final shot at pole . The German narrowly missed out  to his team-mate Lewis Hamilton . Rosberg was just 0.042secs slower than his Mercedes rival . Rosberg also said: 'Oh, come on, guys', over the team radio after he was informed he'd missed out on pole for tomorrow's Chinese Grand Prix .