Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano were left to rue an unexpectedly difficult race day at Misano as they struggled to put Ducati's stron🥂g practice form into similarly impressive results.

Having been quick throughout pra𒀰ctice and qualifying, Giugliano came into the races seeking a return to the podium and a possible shot at a maiden WSBK victory, but a poor rear tyre left him down in eighth in race one before a jump-start in race two put him out of contention.

Team-mate Davies fared slightly better with a charging ride from seventh to fourth in race one - despiteಌ losing time battling with Toni Elias -, but a crash in race two signalled a costly DNF.

It meant Ducati would come away from its home race with no pod📖iums to show for, much to the frustration of both riders.

"Fourth in race one wasn't bad," Davies said♕. "In the final stages I was riding at the limit and although I got close to Marco at one point, he was able to pick up the pace at the end and I couldn't match that. I'm a bit frustrated about the time I lost at the start when Elias ran off track - he was right in front of me and I was forced to brake.

"In race two I had a bit of a strange feeling with the 💙front of the bike right from the start. We hadn't made any big changes between race 1 and 2, but I guess the higher temperatures caused the change in feeling. The problem is that you need to get away strong and stick with the front guys - if instead you have to push to make up lost ground the tyre deteriorates more quickly.

"I also had a damaged footpeg after the crash but I stayed out until we were two thirds of the way through the race, just in case there was a red flag for any reason. After 15 laps I decided to c🐎ome in, also because coming in meant the engine did a few laps less."

Giuglianoꦰ, meanwhile, was sorry for the jump start in race two, not least because he felt he had a fast bike beneath him.

"It was a tough day. In practice we hadn't tried the other rear tyre, the one that many of the other riders used, because the lap times rec🙈orded on the used tyre were co🦩nsistently good in the practices," Giugliano added. "Unfortunately it was a very difficult race, I had a lot of vibration at the rear and the grip really dropped off in the second half.

"Then in race 2 I made a mistake - in trying to start as well as possible I did too much and made a jump start. I wanted to get away as fast as possible and not get trapped in traffic like in race 1, and from the pace I had 🔯through the first laps I know I could꧋ have done that. A pity, as the tyre was working well and I was happy with the bike.

"I'm sorry for both me and the team, especially on a weekend in which we were constantly fast in every session. We are continuing to improve and I'm certain that it's only a question of time before we are able to bring full satisfaction to the team, D🤪ucati and all of our supporters and fans."