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The FIA have shot down ‘inaccurate’ reports that up to three teams broke cost cap rules in 2022, Sky Sports’ Craig Slater has revealed.

“This has blown up in the last few days,” said Slater. “Motorsport Italy and also Auto Motor und Sport in Germany, slightly different reports in both case, the Italian publication saying that three teams are in breach of the cost cap, Auto Motor und Sport in Germany talking about two teams being in breach.

“Now, I’ve contacted the FIA about this. They are quite adamant in their response to me, and I only referenced initially the Italian reports because the German report came out a little bit later, they’ve said the reports are factually wrong.

“They say that the auditing process is still ongoing with regard to the cost cap and it is only scheduled to conclude in the coming weeks, after which there’ll be a period required for assessment and finalisation of review and they’re saying there is no deadline submitted to the teams for them to gain certification for the cost cap.

“The FIA are telling me that any suggestion of delay to the process because of more in-depth investigations this year, these reports carry stories of the FIA going in and investigating whether some of the teams are using other projects to mask development on an F1 car as well, the FIA are telling me there’s no delay because of that.

“And also saying that talk of potential breaches at this stage are unfounded. So that’s the position of the governing body.”