Vergne verging on E-xcellence

Formula E star Jean-Eric Vergne was truly born to race.

"I was practically born on a karting track," the Frenchman told China Daily in an exclusive interview in the pit in Mexico City, where the all-electric racing series ran the fourth competition of its third season on April 1.

"My mom has photos of me when I was about five or 10 days old in a karting seat," said Vergne, a native of Pontoise, a Paris suburb.