Nobody was alongside Hamilton, because he just did not really bother braking for the corner after the brief lockup, just kept his foot on it and re-joined the circuit straight lining corner 3, in essence he just straight lined corner 1,2 and 3.
Not like Hamilton doesn't have form cutting corners here is his work at the 2016 Russian GP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd-UApUkJwg
Several places gained from tenth on the grid.
In all the competitions I have been in, you cut the circuit, you lose the lap!