Gresini sporting director Michele Masini believes the “winning w🔜eapon” 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 to quit Honda a year earlౠy 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 𓆉in the first half of the season before taking back-to-back victories at the Aragon and San Marino Gr♑ands Prix.

After his Misano victory last week🀅end, Marquez 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 opened up on a key element that is giving Marq𝔉ueꦗz an advantage over his rivals.

“I prefer 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 ꦰgiving us a hand in the overall standings.

“We will see where we stand ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚafter the s🌼econd round at the Marco Simoncelli circuit [at the Emilia Romagna GP].

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

“I really think the winning weapon is the atmosphere𝔍 in the team.”

Marquez dedicated his victory at Mis💧ano to the last Fausto Gresini and his team, saying it was 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 Misano win - on home soil for the team and coming as a result of a fightback from 🎃ninth on the grid - feels like “he gained 50 points and not 25”.

“I’ve been part of what is a family f🌃or 18 ꧒years 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. But it is in light of the track condi🎉tions 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 [retro] bike [livery], it is something indescribable and priceless𝐆.

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

“He’s very fast and the🌠 atmosphere in the box is fantastic. We have to continu꧙e like this.”