I think Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team could do a funny thing here... Toto Wolff could pick him up, in exchange for George Russell, which will go to Oracle Red Bull Racing. Perez then would be ejected after his poor results.
Darryl Quick Stop F1 Podcast Oscar Piastri Mediums would always go longer than softs. That is as logical as it gets to bring him in earlier than Russell. Lewis was never grabbing a podium anyway. He was upto a second slower than George in the last stint.