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Ricciardo, 24, made the move from Torro Rosso at the end of last year, replacing fellow Australian Mark Webber at Red Bull
Vettel will be aiming for a fifth straight F1 title in 2014 after cruising to the drivers' championship last year
The German, who claimed nine consecutive victories to finish 2013, argued he would learn plenty from his new team-mate despite Ricciardo's relative inexperience
"To give him any advice is very difficult because everybody has his own style," Vettel told crash.net
"I'm sure that there are a lot of things that probably he will learn from me but equally I'm hoping to learn a lot of things from him
"He's a different driver, he has a different view of things and I think if you keep your eyes and ears open you can always learn
"Even though he doesn't have the experience that maybe Mark had over the last years, but still he's talented enough, he's earned his place and I'm sure he'll give me a hard time.
Ricciardo secured seven top-10 finishes in F1 last year, one more than he managed with Torro Rosso in 2012
Vettel said the Western Australian would need time to settle in at Red Bull
"Surely it's a new step for him, a new environment; not that much of a step because he knows some of the people already," Vettel said
"He's been to the simulator quite a few times over the last couple of years and he knows the staff
"But still it's a different environment to work in. To work with these people is different to just knowing them, so he will obviously have to get to know everybody and - speaking from my experience - it takes some time to speak the same language when you're talking to the engineers etc
"Everybody is happy for him to arrive at the team and we're looking forward to having him on board
"Obviously there are a lot of new things this year, everybody has to adapt, so I'm sure he will find his way quickly.
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