Mexico have ambitions of hosting a Formula 1 Grand Prix when the calendar is expanded in 2010.
Jose Abed, a vice-president with the FIA, claims Bernie Ecclestone is mulling over handing the North American nation an opportunity to host motorsport's biggest show.
Ecclestone is expected to include two extra races in the season after next with the likes of Russia, Egypt and Mexico all vying for a spot on the calendar.
"Those changes will be made by 2010 and, if it happens, Mexico will have to work hard to have a proper track," Abed told Sportsya.
"Even so, we must wait for Bernie Ecclestone's decision to include Mexico."
The 68-year-old administrator was a part of the group that ran the Mexican GP in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Back then the Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez hosted the race, but three other cities are reportedly keen on taking the race.
They are Puebla, Cancun and Tijuana and Abed is aware that investment is required for a race in Mexico to become a reality.
"We are able to do it, because the authorities are willing to make the relevant investments and everyone has a chance," he said
We just have to afford it since a Formula One track is worth more than $50million," added Abed.
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