Jose Maria Lopez wil🌊l return to Formula E at next weekend's Marrakesh E-Prix after being 🐓named as Neel Jani's replacement at Dragon Racing for the remainder of the season.

Three-time WTCC champion Lopez entered Formula E with DS Virgin Racing in 2016, claiming two podium finishes through his debut campaign, but was dropped by the team af💧ter just a single season to free up a seat for Alex Lynn.

Despite coming close to a seat with Techeetah for sea🌌son four, Lopez was left on the sidelines, but will return in Marrakesh after Jani parted company with Dragon following just a single race weekend.

"This is an exciting opportunity💞ꦅ for me and I’m looking forward to the challenge of Formula E in season four with Dragon," Lopez said.

"I have good experience from season three, and I’m confident that we can 🧸achieve strong results as the season progresses."

"Jose is a world champion race🐷r who has consistently performed at the highest level in each formula in which he has competed," added team boss Jay Penske.

"I’m confident that his season three experie𝔉nce and collabora🦂tion with Jerome will be a winning formula for the Dragon organisation.”

Lopez will race along💃side Jerome d'Ambrosio at Dragon for the remainder of the Formula E season.