Run at the end of each day of the 31 July-1 August weekend, the International Rally of Queensland will feature round four of seven in the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) and round five of six in the Australian Rally Championship (ARC), plus rounds of the Pacific Cup, Queensland Rally Championship and Australian Classic Rally Car Series.

Headquarters and around 70 competing teams will be based on the Sunshine Coast, about 100 kms north of Brisbane, with closed-road forestry stages near the township of Imbil in the northern hinterland of the beach holiday strip. While typical rally stages are between five kms and 25 kms, the International Rally of Queensland would offer competitors four stages of at least 35 kms,