Valtteri Bottas said he may as well have sat in a sauna for the duration of the French Grand Prix for all the good that racing at Paul Ricard did him.

The Finn departed Le Castellet without any points as he dropped three positions from his grid berth of 11th on a blank day for the Alfa Romeo team. Zhou Guanyu had to retire the sister car late in the race while running even further down the field.

It was one of Alfa Romeo’s less competitive weekends of the season, although no damage was done to their P6 in the Constructors’ Championship because the only team below them to score a point was Aston Martin – just a solitary one via Lance Stroll.