F🌸ive-time World Supersport champion Kenan S𒁃ofuoglu will sit out the next two rounds in order to recover from injury and will be replaced by Sheridan Morais at Aragon and Assen for Puccetti Kawasaki.

After a𒅌 nasty off at the 2018 season opener in Australia, Sofuoglu missed the Thailand round having re-injured his pelvis which he broke last year at the Magny-Cours round.

Sofuoglu was replaced by Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman for♎ the Thai race weekend and Puccetti Kawasaki have selected expe🍨rienced South African Morais as the Turkish rider’s temporary stand-in for the back-to-back Aragon and Assen rounds.

Despite four years away from the World Supersport championship, Morais enjoy🅰ed a winning return in 2017 with Kallio Racing Yamaha with victory in Germany plus second place at Aragon before going on to finish the campaign in fourth place in the riders’ championship.

“I am extremely excited about this opportunity witඣh Kawasaki Puccetti Racing,” Morais. “I am really looking🃏 forward to working with Kawasaki again as a they gave me my rookie season in WorldSSP.

“I got some good results and my first ever podium, so I have𝓀 good memories. The same people are still working with Kawasaki and doing a great job, bringing world titles and so on.

“After the strong season I had last year I am really confident to bring my experience back onto the Ka😼wasaki and hopefully some wins and some trophies.”

No timetable has been given for Sofuoglu's re꧂ꦯcovery with the fifth round of the 2018 World Supersport championship at Imola scheduled for May 11-13.