The FIA announced after the Italian Grand Prix that all competitors have been issued with their Certificates of Compliance to confirm that they had not busted the cost cap limit in 2022.
This came despite rumours over recent months that some teams were at risk of having been found to be in breach, following in-depth investigations by the FIA to probe their spending.
One area of particular intrigue throughout this year has been the teams' non-F1 activities, amid suspicions that some squads had been exploiting the use of IP outside of the cost cap to help with developments for their grand prix cars.
The FIA became aware of the ability of teams to take advantage of their non-F1 technology divisions and moved to stamp it out earlier this year.
A technical directive issued several months ago, known as TD45, declared that the FIA would not allow any IP to be transferred across from non-F1 work to the grand prix team that was deemed to be outside of the cost cap.
This change of stance was understood to impact a lot of teams' operations, and was welcomed by several competitors who believed it would eradicate any grey area in the cost cap rules.
Brown thinks that the imposition of TD45, which only officially came into force for the start of 2023, will help make things much more of a level playing field for this year's submissions.
"[With] TD45, there was a reason why that was put in place," he said. "And so hopefully that will close any additional loopholes.
Source: Autosport