| Calendar |
| Calendar returns to normality | After tumults of COVID, 2022 calendar saw some stability and normality return. It included 13 events where only new planned event was New Zealand while Ypres came in as a replacement for proposed event in Great Britain or Ireland. Chile was dropped as it hadn't been run in 2021 either as well as temporary events Arctic and Monza. |
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| FIA Delegates |
| FIA Electrical Safety Delegate | Due to dangers of high-voltage elements present in hybrid competition vehicles, FIA appoints a new delegate, Electrical Safety Delegate. Duties include to oversee electrical safety, deliver pre-event safety briefings, to act in the field with a dedicated HV-rescue car to respond on incidents and accidents involving hybrids. |
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| Sporting |
| Entrant named as driver must be the driver | Rules now clarify that entrant named as the driver of the crew must drive the car on special stages. In the past, it happened that a competitor who already had entered a maximum number of nominated events entered additional events under the name of the co-driver but still drove the car in order to deprive championship points from their rivals. |
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| Technical |
| Engine limit | Number of engines per manufacturer nominated competitor is reduced from three to two per season. |
| High Voltage Gloves | Each competing Rally1 car must carry two pairs of Class 0 (1000 V -proof) High Voltage Gloves. |
| Minimum weight | The minimum weight of the Rall1 car is set to to 1260 kg (was 1175 kg for 2017-spec RC1 cars). |
