28 October 2002: The controversial 'team orders' are to be banned in a new shake-up of Formula One racing rules, designed against a background of plummeting TV interest and revenues. The 'orders' have led to complaints from fans as Ferrari used them to manipulate finishes between Schumacher and Barrichello.

The organisers have also removed the Belgian Grand Prix from the race calendar.

In London today, the FIA Formula One Commission also decided that there will be points for the first eight finishers, instead of six as at present. There will also be two qualifying sessions - Friday and Saturday - but qualifying will be one (only flying lap) for each car, with cars to run one at a time.

The running order on Friday will follow the Championship (previous year at first race), with Championship leader going out first, 2nd in Championship running second, and so on.

The running order on Saturday will be determined by the Friday times (which do not count for the grid) so that the fastest on Friday runs last on Saturday, the second fastest second last, and so on.

Provided that by 15 December, at least three teams undertake to the FIA not to run more than 10 car-days of private testing between 1 March and 1 November, the teams which have give this undertaking will be able to test at each event from 0900-1100 on Friday and may use their spare car and their test driver during this period.

From 2003 points will be awarded down to 8th place on the scale 10:8:6:5:4:3:2:1 (previously to 6th place on the scale 10:6:4:3:2:1.

In the absence of unanimous agreement by the teams to run at the 2003 Belgian Grand Prix without tobacco advertising, this event has been removed from the World Championship calendar.

Each team will now be allowed to use two different dry tyres at each event (previously each tyre company could supply only the same two dry tyres to each of its teams). Teams will continue to be limited to 10 sets of dry tyres per event. Only one type of wet tyres to be used per event.