Not sure what you are saying FLS? Drag is a function of velocity.
You are thinking of parasitic drag which is only part of the total drag. It's fun to speculate but it's easy to get confused when only thinking of part of a complex interaction.
Parasitic drag is the main part of drag at your highest speed. At lower speeds and while turning, in other words as AOA increases, the larger part of total drag is induced drag.
If there was a problem with parasitic drag then the top speed would be wrong. If induced drag is wrong how is the climb rate correct?
It was him who was killed by the brew, was flying along side him, watched a stratospheric brew come down at 450 to 500mph, turn around and only lose about 50 to 75 mph...
A huge altitude advantage converted to speed. It would be a problem if that didn't happen.