Compensation for the damage caused to George Russell’s Formula 1 car at the Aze🅘rbaijan Grand Prix will take a long time to resolve, according to Claire Williams.

Russell’s car suffered significant floo🦩r damage when he struck a loose drain cover during Friday practice🦄 in a bizarre incident that acted as another setback for the struggling Williams squad.

Williams i🦋s confident insurance will pay out for the damage caused but concedes it may take some time to resolve.

“♍I met with the promoter in Baku to have the conversation and obviously explain to have the money expedited was important to the team,” Williams’ deputy team principal told report📖ers in Spain.

“They were very accommodating and are moving th🍰ings pretty quiꦯckly forward so we’re pleased. We got some lovely flowers too, but I would rather have had a new floor!”

Asked if she could put a specific figure on the damage costs, Williams replied: “That’s why i▨t has taken a long 🍷time.

“We are still going through 🐠that process at the moment and our priority was to get the repair work done to then go through the analysis to understand exactly how much of a cost there is.”

Russell’s teammate Robert Kubica suffered a hefty crash during Baku qualifying but Will𝔉iams was able to repair both chassis in time for last weekend’s Spanish Graꦆnd Prix.

Haas received compensation from the Sepang International Circuit following a similar drai🗹n-related incident during the 2017 Malaysi𓆏an Grand Prix, though it had to wait almost a year to get a payout.