Rule Changes for the 2010 Season:

Some of the more important and significant changes this season...

1. Refuelling during the race is to be abolished for the first time since 1993.
2. FOTA has agreed to scrap KERS for 2010 due to poor uptake and pressure from FIA to cut costs, although KERS is not banned in the regulations.
3. The minimum car weight will be increased from 605 kg to 620 kg.
4. The maximum number of cars allowed to take part in a race shall be increased from 24 to 26 cars.
5. The qualifying system will change to accommodate the extra cars: 8 cars will drop out of the first qualifying session, 8 from the second and as in 2009, 10 cars will shoot-out for pole in the third session. The third session will now be run in low-fuel configuration due to the refuelling ban.
6. The top ten drivers to qualify for the race must start the race on the same set of tyres that quaified with.
7. The revised points system for 2010 will see 25 points for first, 18 for second, with third receiving 15, 12 for fourth and then ten, eight, six, four, two, and one for tenth place.
8. Drivers will now have just eleven sets of tyres over the course of a weekend, down from fourteen in 2009.
9. Teams will now be able to miss as many as three races before being ejected from the championship, though the FIA has made it clear that they will not be able to miss races without incurring some kind of penalty.