Formula 1 will operate a new points system for the 2010 season after an agreement between the sports governing body (FIA) and the teams.
The new system will see the top 10 rewarded in a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 sequence to encourage racing to win.
Tyre rules will also be modified so drivers will have to start the race on the same set of tyres with which their grid time was set in qualifying.
In another development, 'double diffusers' will be banned from 2011.
The Formula One Commission, a decision-making forum for the teams and major stakeholders, agreed the amendments to the sporting and technical regulations at a meeting on Monday.
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The measures will be submitted to the World Motor Sport Council for final approval within 48 hours, which is usually a formality once all of the parties have agreed on changes.
The new ruling on tyres, reducing the number of dry weather sets per team from 14 to 11, should introduce another strategic element to races.
"In addition, to encourage teams to run during the Friday practice sessions, one set has to be returned before the start of the second practice session, and two sets before the start of the third practice session," said an FIA statement.
The decision to ban the 'split level' or 'double-decker' diffuser will not come into effect this year. The main diffuser will be allowed in 2011, but its permitted height will be reduced from 175mm to 125mm.
Diffusers improve downforce by channelling the flow of air smoothly under the car, but in 2009 there was controversy when eventual champions Brawn, Toyota and Williams produced radical versions of their own.
Teams unveiling their 2010 cars have been coy about their rear diffusers, sparking fears that a fresh row could erupt when the season starts on March 14 in Bahrain.
"This is the first car in which we have had a clean sheet of paper to really exploit the interpretation that was developed last year for a design of floors," McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe said at their launch last week.
"You will see we have produced a fairly extreme incarnation of that but we won't be alone in that. We believe you will see some pretty extreme solutions on our competitors' cars as well."
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