The Hungarian Grand Prix paddock was awash with fresh cost cap speculation, with wild rumours that some teams had already been found to be in breach of the limits – something strongly denied by the governing body.
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali had also expressed his eagerness ahead of the weekend to complete the investigations because that was the best way to stop mounting speculation.
"Control is in the hands of the FIA," he told Autosport. "Personally, what I have asked is to anticipate as soon as possible the publication of the investigations made by the staff of the FIA.
"But I say this only because, in this way, it does not give rise to speculation and comments that are not good for anyone."
Yet rather than elect to rush things and risk making mistakes, the FIA instead appears to be ramping up its efforts to ensure that its policing of the cost cap has been as thorough as possible – even if that means it taking even more time to check each teams' submissions.
The FIA has now issued a statement, saying that the checking of 2022 submissions was continuing and would be seen through in the manner the governing body felt the best – even if that meant it would still take some time.
“The auditing fieldwork is still ongoing and is scheduled to conclude in the upcoming weeks, after which there will be a period required for the finalisation of the review,” they said.
Source: Autosport