The major changes involve a shake-up of the safety-car, engine, and tyre regulations.

The safety car rules for next season will ensure that the race field is in order behind the safety car without lapped cars caught in between the frontrunners. This will allow for the race action to resume immediately once the safety car is called in. It will also remove all incentive for cars to be driven quickly back to the pits for refuelling when the safety car is deployed.

Before the safety car returns to the pits any lapped car between cars running on the lead lap must pass those cars and the safety car. It may then proceed around the track to take up position at the back of the line of frontrunning cars.

The tyre regulations have changed following the introduction of a single-tyre supplier in 2007. That supplier, which is Bridgestone for 2007 to 2010, may only provide two specifications of tyre at each Grand Prix. The quantity of dry-weather tyres each driver may use has been increased from seven sets to 14, with a maximum of four sets available to each driver for the first day of practice and 10 for the remainder of the event.

In practice, teams will be limited to two cars per session. A nominated third driver or either race driver can use these cars in the session, and the two free practice sessions on the first day of practice have been extended from one hour to ninety minutes each.

The two-race engine regulations will now only apply to the second day of practice and the day of the race. Engines homologated and used during the last two Events of 2006 must now be used during the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons.

In another change, the stewards may now impose grid place penalties as well as time penalties as was previously the case.

A number of sporting regulation changes were also approved for the 2008 season onwards. The FIA ECU will be fitted for all testing in addition to races. A 10-place grid penalty will be issued for an engine change, as opposed to a weight penalty. A five-place grid penalty will be issued for a gearbox change, as opposed to a weight penalty.

In addition, a number of technical regulations were approved for the 2007 and 2008 championships.

The World Motor Sport Council also approved a 17 race calendar for the 2007 championship. The San Marino Grand Prix was not included on the calendar.

2007 FIA Formula One World Championship:

* Pending the ASN's confirmation.
** The 2007 German Grand Prix will take place at Nürburgring. In 2008, it will switch to Hockenheim. It will continue to alternate between these two circuits thereafter.