But when he started the race from 18th position, it did not look very good.
The second attempt to start the race took place nearly an hour after the first.
He would start the race in 34th and finish 33rd.
An 83-year-old wonder, he will be starting the race for the 60th time since 1928.
Rose had started the race in another car and dropped out earlier.
I think, therefore, that we have to take care not to start the race too fast.
He has started 26 races, won 6 and run in the money 16 times.
He started the race with a very fast pace, within world record time.
He started the race in 31st and fell to 40th after an early engine issue.
Just over 300 runners have started the race each year since 2008.