Ferrari formula One driver and four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel is "better in some ways" even than F1's most successful driver of all time.

That is the claim of Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, who contrasted Germans Vettel and Schumacher -- the long-time Ferrari driver and seven-time F1 champion -- in the pages of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

"Many said that Seb only wins because he has the best car and at times I thought so too," Arrivabene said. "Now that I work with him, I can say that, in some respects, he is even better than Michael. Especially his character, because Michael was an introvert who opened up to only a small group of people, while Seb is regarded by the guys as one of them."