| Calendar |
| Calendar | Monte Carlo makes a return to WRC and replaces Jordan. |
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| Sporting |
| Start order | On gravel rallies, shakedown will be used as a qualifying stage to determine the start order. Officially, this is known as "Free Practice and Qualifying Stage". Each cew is allowed two practice runs over two hours before qualifying begins. Each driver then starts the qualifying run in championship order and with two minute interval, just like ordinary special stages. Taking into account the qualifying times, crews will be permitted to select their start positions in order of fastest to slowest. In subsequent day crews will restart in reverse order. This rule only applies to Priority 1 and 2 drivers. |
| Optional super-rally | Instead of being standard rule for all events, each event will now be allowed to specify whether cars are permitted to re-start after retirement (so-called super-rally rule). |
| Timing | For the Qualifying Stage and the Power Stage, timing will be to a thousandth of a second (was: tenth of a second). |
| Manufacturer registration | In the first Championship year of homologation, a new manufacturer may register as a WRC Team and score Manufacturers’ points on a maximum of seven nominated rallies. |
| Priority status rule changed | Priority 1 drivers are those in World Rally Cars who have been nominated by a registered Manufacturer or WRC Team for the purpose of scoring points for the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, or have been entered by a Manufacturer or WRC Team but not for scoring points in the Manufacturers’ Championship (new ruling). A driver may also be awarded P1 status if they have been classified among the first 10 in a World Championship rally during one of the two previous Championship years or during the current Championship year (unchanged ruling). |
| Drivers license required | Throughout the rally, both crew members must have a valid driving licence. |
