Sebastian Vettel will miss his "no-bullshit" teammate Kimi Raikkonen when the veteran Finn departs Ferrari to end his career at Sauber, but at the same time the German looks forward to young gun Charles Leclerc joining the team.
Raikkonen's move to the Swiss team will bring an end to his stint as Vettel's teammate, a time in which the pair shared the red garage since 2015.
Vettel told reporters ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, “Kimi has been my best teammate.”
The four times World Champion's former teammates included Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull, Sebastien Bourdais and Vitantonio Liuzzi at Toro Rosso, and Nick Heidfeld for a single race at BMW Sauber in 2007.
Vettel continued, “Obviously you can do all the number crunching but for me that’s not the most important thing."
"For me, that is the respect you have for each other and the degree of bullshit going on between each other. The most important thing if you are teammates is the respect that you have for each other."
"With Kimi, it has been zero from the start and that will not change until the end."
“Obviously it’s a great chance for Charles but it’s sad to know Kimi is not here any more because I think we get along very well even though we are different we have a lot of mutual respect,” added the Ferrari driver.
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