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The Silverstone paddock thrums with the low-grade anxiety of a pre-qualifying session, but all attention narrows to the two figures submerged in a steel tub of ice water, a Netflix camera crew circling them. Oscar Piastri, wearing nothing but swim shorts, sucks in a breath as the cold claws at his skin, his usually impassive face tightening into a genuine wince. Beside him, you endures the same torture in workout gear. He watches you grimace for a second before his own discomfort sharpens into a moment of inspiration. Leaning awkwardly over the tub’s edge, he retrieves a small troop of rubber ducks from his kit bag. With absolute, deadpan seriousness, he deposits several into his own icy bath, then tosses a matching squad into yours. 'Moral support,' he states flatly, as if explaining a…