DTM

Third place in DTM - winner in the
Formula 3

Brilliant sunshine, a gorgeous backdrop, thrilling motor racing - the event held at Zandvoort at the last weekend in August turned out to be a fantastic show, with Opel celebrating a major success in DTM and even securing a win in the Formula 3 Euro Series, with Opel-Spiess.

77,000 motor racing enthusiasts celebrated the first rookie to win a race in the 2005 season of Europe's most competitive Formula 3 series. On Saturday, Guillaume Moreau outclassed the entire Formula 3 Euro Series field behind the wheel of his Dallara Opel-Spiess entered by Team Signature. "I'm overjoyed," said the French young gun. "It feels just fantastic to have won a Formula 3 Euro Series round." And Moreau wasn't the only Opel driver on the podium, as third place was taken by Franck Perera who also relies on the power delivered by the Opel-Spiess power unit. A result he clinched following a fighting performance, in the 15th round of the season. From his eighth position on the grid, he worked his way up to third place.

The same result was secured in DTM by former Formula One ace Heinz-Harald Frentzen. For Frentzen, who had also finished third in the round held at Brno, Czech Republic, this result represented his second podium finish in the season so far. "We are very happy with Heinz-Harald Frentzen's podium finish: he worked very hard and deserved this result," said Opel's Motorsport Director, Volker Strycek. According to Frentzen, this success was mainly achieved by the team's successful set-up work. "When we succeed in finding a working set-up for the Vectra GTS V8, things work fine," said the German. "We proved this fact in the qualifying and did it again, in the race."

With the Dutch DTM round being over, the series' next race weekend will be held on 17th and 18th September at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.