Nah. Although Golden Tate would almost certainly wreck out of the race within the first 5 laps, he wouldn't be dead--those cars are virtually deathproof now.
Not at all. Now that the driver is in his cocoon, the internals of his body are now under more pressure and strain from the sudden shock loads. The one you will be seeing is the sternum being cracked or broken from the forsce of the heart hitting it.
I know of a driver to which this has happened to and it was not a recent occurance. There are now straps that connect the two shoulder belts together above the sternum just to keep the shoulders from flexing behind you when the chest cavity lurches forward.