2017 World Supersport ch𓃲ampion Lucas Mahias will make his MotoE debut during the electric-bike season finaleღ at Valencia this weekend.

The Frenchman ꦦ- fourth in this year's WSS series with two wins for Kawasaki, incܫluding the Qatar finale (pictured) – is to replace the injured Niki Tuuli at the Ajo team.

Tuul🉐i, winner of the inau🥂gural MotoE race at the Sachsenring in July, is still recovering from left wrist and femur injuries sustained at the Misano round in September.

"It's difficult to set a specific goal for this weekend, as I don't know the bike or the championship and it's hard to know what my potential wiꦗll be," said Mahias.

"I will have had a maximum of 20 laps witꦆh an electric bike in practice, but that’s riding alone, so I can't co🦹mpare myself to the other rivals who have more experience than me.

"But as a rider, when you st𓃲art a race you want to win, so my goal is to be at the front.

"I like the Valencia cirꦰcuit and I’ve raced there before. I thi💜nk it could be good for MotoE, as it’s not a very long track, similar to Sachsenring.”

In addition to his seven WSS wins and 2017 title victory, Mahias also won the FIM Endurance World 🌸Championship title in 2016 and has made six grand prix appearances in the Moto2 World Championship.

The first-ever FIM MotoE World Cup season concludes with a double round at༒ Valencia this weekend. The fifth MotoE race of the year will start at 4:15 pm on Saturday, while the final race gets underway on Sunday at 10:05 am. Both will be contested over 7 laps.