British racing driver Mike Conway will stay with Venturi for the remainder of the 2015-16 Formula E season, he confirmed today. Oh, and he’s already thinking about season three.

Conway tested for Dragon Racing ahead of season one and was due to race for the American squad, only to pull out shortly before Formula E kicked off for the very first time in 2014 in order to focus on his commitments with Toyota in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

(That was the official line. The fact that Dragon Racing had looked unlikely to ever turn a wheel in anger at that point may have added some colour to the picture.)

However, around 18 months after that short foray into Formula E, former IndyCar street circuit specialist Conway is set to go electric racing. Following the departure of Jacques Villeneuve last month, Conway has been drafted in by Venturi for the remainder of this season.

We can’t help but think it’s an inspired move by the team, which hadn’t wanted to lose Nick Heidfeld over the summer to Mahindra Racing and which has been dogged by misfortune and errors since that fateful smash in Beijing in 2014. Could Conway’s cool help turn things around?

Speaking to Current E in Buenos Aires, Conway said that he is relishing the opportunity to finally race a Formula E car and, despite the late arrival, feels suitably prepared for his debut.

“It was all kind of last minute but I feel like I’ve got some decent preparation,” Conway told us today in Buenos Aires. “I spent some time with the team, got a day in the simulator and they’ve been just flooding my email box with information for the weekend, so they’ve been really helpful.”

Helping the Brit to settle in fast at the Monaco-based team and the Formula E paddock are existing connections from WEC: “I’ve got Stephane Sarrazin and Sebastien Buemi, we’re teammates at Toyota, so I’ve been picking their brains for the past few weeks.”

Conway stood in as co-commentator in season one, too, so he’ll have a better picture than other newcomers about the frenetic pace of a Formula E race day.

While he’s looking forward to finally showing what he can do on a Formula E track, Conway isn’t underestimating the strength of talent he’s up against. “I’m excited to be here and part of the field,” he said. “It’s a bloody strong line-up, a good field of drivers, so it won’t be easy but I’ve got a good teammate to get me up to speed if I have any issues anywhere. It’s just going to be a case of getting out there and driving it.”

Conway is hopeful of a strong debut at the Puerto Madero street circuit, believing that his prior experience with the Formula E car will prove useful, despite the summer testing of 2014 running at lower race mode power on smooth UK tarmac.

“I’m hoping [for] pleasant surprises with how the power feels,” Conway said. “There are a few things that have changed. Some of the regen was quite open the first few tests, so some of that is going to feel different but yeah, it shouldn’t be too different. I know kind of what the car feels like and the tyres, but that was at Donington as well so that really wasn’t a fair comparison. I like street tracks, generally go well on them. When I got the call I was excited to do it.”

Conway hinted that he is open to a long-term future in the series, believing that it complements his WEC commitments well. “Some of the scheduling is quite tight,” he explained. “I just got back from an endurance test this morning, straight here. Flat out but it’s good. The more you can drive, the better, as far as I’m concerned, to learn different skills and different cars. It’s going to be fun mixing the two, keeping me really busy until July, then obviously WEC continues and then you’ve got to think about another year in FE. I think first things first: get this weekend going and look forward.”

Luke Smith