The president of event promoters CIE, Alejandro Soberon, said that the race weekend had sold out for the fifth year in succession with 30% more women set to attend.

“I suspect we are going to have more women – and less beer,” said Soberon. “It used to be a more male-oriented thing. I think it’s going to be a change of the dynamic for the future.”

He added that CIE’s data showed a surge of interest from women, which he credited to a Netflix series about Formula One.

“It’s directly related to the Netflix series,” he told reporters on Friday.

“They answered and commented and – at least here in Mexico – it was widely successful.”

A 10-part series called ‘Drive to Survive’ was produced in 2018, concentrating on mid-grid teams after Mercedes and Ferrari declined to be involved.

A new series involving all the teams is under production this year.

Five-time champion Lewis Hamilton has to outscore his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 14 points to clinch his sixth title in Sunday’s race.