SINGAPORE - Early bird tickets to next year's Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix will go on sale from Saturday, race organisers Singapore GP announced on Friday (Dec 2).

There will be discounts of up to 28 per cent for the Sept 15-17 race in 21 ticket categories and the promotion will be until May 8.

In addition to the three-day Zone 1 walkabout combination, there will be three new ticket categories - Stamford Combination ($498), Padang Combination ($598) and Pit Combination ($888) - where a seat is offered at either the Pit Grandstand, Padang Grandstand and Stamford Grandstand on each race day.

The junior tickets (for fans aged 16 years and below) for Pit Grandstand, introduced this year, will be offered for the 2017 edition, which is the 10th year the race is held at the Marina Bay street circuit.

For the first time, fans who purchase grandstand tickets from Saturday until May 31 can opt to pay for an interest-free instalment payment plan, subject to a minimum purchase amount.

Sales start on Saturday from 9am and can be purchased online at singaporegp.sg, the ticketing hotline +65 6738 6738 and all Singapore GP's authorised agents.