Webber said he was glad not to be in Kimi Raikkonen's position at the Scuderia, claiming that filling the seven-time world champion's boots was a task intimidating and arduous enough without having the German looking on.
"We know Michael couldn't have raced until he was 60, but it's odd having him at the tests like he is," Webber said. "It's like having your ex-girlfriend there or something. Kimi must be there going 'what the..?'
"It must feel so strange having the teacher's pet standing above you when you are trying to get on with your own new programme. Suffocating or what?"
Webber also expressed his belief that the sport would now be far more competitive following Schumacher's departure.
"Clearly Michael averaged a lot of wins every year," he explained. "That's now gone, meaning they are going to be spread out with lots of different people appearing on the podium. Things might be handled a bit more evenly at Ferrari too with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.
"Michael was powerful for the sport - the Schumacher name was big - but we all know we went through a period where he was almost too strong for Formula One, with the level Ferrari got to and Michael being able to cruise around and have cigars every Sunday. That was not good for the sport.
"That hurt a lot of us I believe, but if it's Tiger Woods do you make him tee off further back? That's the situation Ferrari got themselves in. That was always the argument we had at the time - how long can these guys go on for without any competition?"
However, Schumacher did have competition in the final years of his career, from both Raikkonen and, more consistently, reigning double world champion Fernando Alonso - a man Webber believes could now go on to make the sport his own.
"Over the last few seasons Fernando has proved that he is the man of the moment," he stated. "He took everything to Michael and did a superb job against him.
"We never saw what would have happened with (Ayrton) Senna, but no one else has done that to Michael. Mika (Hakkinen) maybe, but I think that was probably on a more level playing field - it's hard to compare.
"That consistent threat was impressive from Fernando and an absolute credit to him."
