Gresini sporting director Michele Masini believes the “winning weapon” in the 🔯team for Marc Marquez in 2024 so far has been the atmosphere inside the garage.

Eight-time world champion Marquez took a big risk tꦓo quit Honda𝓡 a year early to join the Gresini squad aboard a GP23 for this season.

But instantly the move looked to pay off, as Marquez re🥃peatedly challenged for the podium in the first half 💧of the season before taking back-to-back victories at the Aragon and San Marino Grands Prix.

After his Misano victory last weekend, Maꦓrquez is now just 53 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin and is coming much stronger into the title picture.

While Masini doesn’t want to get ahead of himself, he has open𓃲ed up on a key element that is giving Marquez an advantage over his rivals.

“I prefeℱr not to think about it now,” he told Marca.

“The math will come later, but it is also true that this state of grace is givingꦦ us a ꦡhand in the overall standings.

“We wi😼ll see where we stand after the second round at the Marco Simoncell💞i circuit [at the Emilia Romagna GP].

“In Asia, we will e🌠ncounter a different kind of asphalt and other conditions. We could play it out differently, but we hav🌠e to continue in this way.

“I really🐻 think the winning weaponܫ is the atmosphere in the team.”

Marquez dedicated his victory at Misano to the last Fausto Gresini and his team, saying it was the perfect way to repay them for theirღ faith in the Spaniard.

Masini, who has been a long-time member of t⭕he Gresini structure, feels Marquez’s Misano win - on home soil for the team and coming as a result of a fightback from ni🐎nth on the grid - feels like “he gained 50 points and not 25”.

“I’ve been part of what𒉰 is a family for 18 years aꦛnd this is a special day,” Masini added after the San Marino GP.

“It 🍃was an unexpected success because, for sure, we expected a comeback in Marc-style. But it is in light of the track conditions that only a champion like him could interpret. So, it was superlative.

“If you add to this that we were racing at home and with Fausto’s [r💫etro] bike [liver𒅌y], it is something indescribable and priceless.

“It’s as if he gained 50 pointsꦺ and not 25. We’re having a golden moment, he’s enjoying riding the Desmosedici.

“He’s very fast and the atmosphere iܫn the box is fantastic. We have to continue like this.”