Toto Wolff took a less-than-subtle swipe at Christian Horner as he insisted his Mercedes team has been "constantly" attracting staff from its Formula 1 rivals.
Red Bull have been vocal about their arrivals in recent times. Several top engineers have been signed by the defending champions to man their expansive new Powertrains project.
Ben Hodgkinson spent a long time with Mercedes but was poached to become technical director of Red Bull's engine project. Lewis Hamilton's former race engineer Phil Prew was another tempted to make the switch.
