Rosberg sorry to miss out on point

"In general, this weekend was positive for me but it wasn't the best race today," said Rosberg, who finished in ninth position, ten seconds behind Jenson Button in a Honda.

"Button was slightly quicker and he was obviously having a better day with his car and his tyres, so he finished ahead of me and took the point. It's a shame for everyone who's put in so much effort to leave with no reward.

"This doesn't affect our position in the constructors' championship, but we need to start scoring consistently, particularly because we're now half way through the season."

The Williams team left France with nothing to show for after Alex Wurz finished down in 14th position.

The Austrian, who had started down from 18th, was unable to recover from his poor qualifying.

"Obviously 14th is not where I want to be, it's not satisfying at all," he said. "Nevertheless, both cars made it to the finish without any issues which proves our reliability is good. The only problem I had was traffic. I was stuck in the train behind Coulthard and neither our strategy, nor our pace, allowed us to get pass him.

"Overtaking here is not easy - I made one manoeuvre, but needed more. It's a new game next weekend, and hopefully we'll have better luck at Silverstone. As it's the team's home race, a good result would be great for the guys at the factory."