Red Bull has hit back at Mercedes, amid a dispute over hotel accommodation for the forthcoming Austrian grand prix. On Sunday, team boss Toto Wolff claimed Mercedes staff have been "kicked out" of their hotel bookings just days before travelling to the Styrian region. "Those who work the most and the hardest on the cars will now have to commute 70 kilometres each day," he said. It turns out that not only does Red Bull own the Austrian GP venue, the energy drink company's mogul Dietrich Mateschitz is also the new owner of the Schloss Gabelhofen, a castle that now operates as a hotel near the Red Bull-Ring. But Red Bull's F1 director Dr Helmut Marko denies the claim that...
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