With 46 percent of the ballots, he nearly won outright in the first primary.
"This country is very split right now, so I don't see how anyone could win outright," he said.
To win outright on Tuesday, a candidate will have to get a majority of the vote.
He contested national elections five times and never won outright.
"The Russians won outright, no matter how you look at it," one judge said.
The Italians needed a time of 54.26 seconds to win outright, and it did not help when they had another poor start.
A final victory would come in 1973, when a Porsche 911 won outright.
It won outright in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1938, 1952, 1969, 1987 and 2009.
We had an election and no party won outright.
It's not actually necessary for you to win outright.