Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti has admitted that the Italian manufacturer has failed to live up to expectations in the first half of the MotoGP season. On the eve of the Austrian Grand Prix, hosted at a track which seems to have been made for the Desmosedici GP, Ciabatti looked back over the first nine races of 2016 speaking with Motorsport.com. Ironically, the best placed of Ducati's factory riders is Andrea Iannone, precisely the rider the Borno Panigale marque has dropped in favour of Jorge Lorenzo for its much-vaunted 2017 project. Suzuki-bound Iannone lies eighth in the standings on 63 points - more than the equivalent of four wins (107) behind leader Marc Marquez.  The...
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