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 risꦬk to quit Honda a year early꧟ to join the Gresini squad aboard a GP23 for this season.

But instantly the move looked to pay off, as Marquez repeatedly 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, Marquez is now just 53 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin and is🧔 coming much stronger into the 🥂title picture.

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

“I prefer not to think 𒊎about it now,” he told Marca.

“The math will c🐠ome later, but it is also 🐲true that this state of grace is giving us a hand in the overall standings.

“We will see where we stand after the second ♑round at the Marco Simoncelli circuit [at the Emilia Romagna GP].

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

“I really think th𓄧e winning weapon is the atmosphere in𓂃 the team.”

Marquez dedicated his victory at Misano to the last Fausto Gresini and his team, saying it w൩as the perfect way to repay them for their faith in the Spaniard.

Masini, who has been a long-time member of the Gresini structure, feels Marquez’s Misan💖o win - on home soil for the team and coming as a result of a fi💝ghtback from ninth on the grid - feels like “he gained 50 points and not 25”.

“I’ve been part of w😼hat is 🦩a family for 18 years and 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. B🔴ut it is in light of the track conditions that only a champion like him c♔ould interpret. So, it was superlative.

“If you🌃 add to this that we were racing at home and with Fausto’s [retro] bike [livery], it is something indescribable and priceless.

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

“He’s very fast and the atmosphere in the box is f🦩a༺ntastic. We have to continue like this.”