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The newly developed Opel Vectra GTS V8 that will be used for the manufacturers final season of DTM competition has completed its first test run at the Vallelunga circuit in Italy.

Opel has announced that its focus in motorsport in 2005 will be on the DTM despite the news that they will withdraw from the series at the end of next season.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen will stay in the DTM in 2005, after extending his contract with Opel. The announcement was made today by Opel's motorsport director, Volker Strycek, at the Shanghai invitational race in China.

The two Opel works teams - OPC Team Holzer and OPC Team Phoenix - reported a problem-free official test at Brno over the weekend, with the marque's drivers setting the pace on two of the four days.