Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has hailed the Italian team’s driver line-up as the “perfect combination” to take them back to the front of the grid.
Kimi Raikkonen will partner four-time champion Sebastian Vettel following the German’s decision to leave Red Bull at the end of last year to join his “dream” team.
Whilst Arrivabene admits they’re “two completely different characters”, he’s confident they will both work well together to return Ferrari to its glory days.
“Kimi [is] the kind of person who doesn’t like to talk about stupid things; he likes to talk serious,” the Italian told Autosport.
“Either you find after a couple of minutes he stops talking and gives you the hand, or after a couple of hours he’s hugging you!
“The guys said this is strange. Drivers are strange. But he’s a very good guy and a good driver.”
As for his team-mate, Arrivabene yet again compared Vettel to Michael Schumacher in the way that he gives his all to do better and to help the team to do better.
“Seb is different – super professional. He reminds me of another German guy…[Schumacher],” he said.
“I was impressed with the concentration and how he works on detail on the car. He’s taking notes and talking about these notes at the briefings. It’s great.
“We have two different drivers but they are both really committed,” he added. “We have the perfect combination.”
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