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Williams confident insurance will pay out for Baku damage

Williams is confident insurance will pay for the damage to George Russell's car caused by a loose drain cover in Azerbaijan two weeks ago, the Formula One team's deputy principal Claire Williams said this week.

Williams told reporters at the Spanish Grand Prix that she had discussed compensation with the race promoter in Baku after the April 26 incident.

"They have been very accommodating and seem to be moving things pretty quickly forwards. So I'm pleased," she said.

"It will go through the (circuit) insurers', they understand it needs to move sooner rather than later. So we are in the process now of working out the cost of it to us and we need to file that and we'll go from there.