Arrivabene: We have the perfect combination of drivers

Maurizio Arrivabene enters his first season as Ferrari team principal convinced that in Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen he has the ideal driver pairing to work with, and despite their different personalities he believes they will deliver when it matters for the team

"They are two different characters," Arrivabene told media. "Kimi the kind of person who doesn't like to talk about stupid things; he likes to talk serious.

"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. Seb is different - super professional. He reminds me of another German guy... [Michael Schumacher]."

Arrivabene described Vettel as a true Ferrari enthusiast, "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."

"Sebastian is fully integrated into the team, he's 120 per cent part of the family. He's also a funny guy. He's a super person with his feet on the ground; very simple but I'm not surprised he won four world titles."

"After Michael, Kimi was the only world champion for Ferrari, now we have the perfect combination," added the Italian team boss.