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Why Alex Albon takes a chair on F1 trips

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Alex Albon says he travels with a chair that helps him sleep, along with an oil diffuser and an iPad to make hotel stays more comfortable.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Alex Albon takes a chair on Formula 1 trips because, he says, it helps him sleep. He also brings an oil diffuser and an iPad from home to make hotel stays more comfortable.

The Williams driver described the items in an interview with F1.com in Baku at the start of the triple-header. His sleep routine also includes blue-light glasses, caffeine gum, eye masks and natural tart cherry extract; he said he does not like using sleeping supplements.

At the time, Albon expected to spend only five days at home in Monaco between the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the final race of the season.

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