`My religion is Ferrari`
Ferrari principal Jean Todt turns sixty today. And the Frenchman - who joined the Italian marque in 1993 and set about constructing the modern super-team with Michael Schumacher, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne - has vowed to take at least one day off to celebrate, according to Sport Bild.
"Ferrari has become my religion," Todt - who works up to 16 hours every day - told the German sports broadsheet.
Anxious and obsessive, Todt wears plasters on the tips of his fingers to control the habit of nail-biting. He outlined the secret of success as endless vigilance, after starting his career as a rally co-pilot for drivers including Ove Andersson.

Todt, whose Ferrari contract expires at the end of 2006, said: "You have to always be on the ball, every day, every hour. There are no moments in which you should lean back and say it is done."

Meanwhile last Friday, Alain Prost turned 51 Pedro de la Rosa celebrated his 35th birthday.

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