Jorge Martin has undergone surgery on the injury sustained at the Sepang test - but the fallout 🌃of why he crashed continues.

The MotoGP champion heavily crashed on W🉐ednesday, face-planting onto the asphalt, causing hand and foot injuries.

After his surgery, Aprilia have emphatically denied Michelin’s claim about what ⭕caused the incident.

Jorge Martin undergoes surgery

Martin’s surgery on his right hand⛦ was a success on Friday.

He was operated on by Dr Xavier Mir in Barcelona.

His injuries were a closed fracture of the♍ 5th metacarpal head of the right hand and a closed fracture of the 3rd, 4th ꦇand 5th metatarsals of the left foot.

He spent one night in hospital in Malaysia before returning to Spain for su𒐪rgery.

Martin☂’s injury to his foot did not req🧸uire surgery, and his recovery time will be assessed in the coming days.

Dr Mir said: “The rider Jorge Martín has u💫ndergone surgery for a displaced fracture of the head of the right fifth metacarpal, with reductio𒈔n and percutaneous fixation using an intramedullary screw.

“The functional recovery will start in a short time period, according to the clꦏinicalℱ status.”

Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola said: “I'm glad that Jorge's operation went wel▨l and now we hope for a speedy recovery - his health is the priority.”

Aprilia v Michelin row

Aprilia boss Rivola’s initial response to Martin’s crash 🌸was to insist that there was no problem with the bike and no error from the rider.

That comm❀ent was a hint that his Michelin tyre was to blame.

But Michelin Motorsport two-wheel manager Piero Taramasso, on Friday morning, explained his belief about❀ the cause of t🐻he crash.

“At the beginning, Massimo [Rivola] said the tyre temperature was okay, [...] but this was [surface] tyre temperature, which is very variable🧸 – it depends on the slide, the spin of the bike, Taramasso said.

“The rear temperature, the [value] we use to understand if the tyre works or not, is the inner layer temperatur♐e; for instance it’s the data coming from the McLaren sensor.”

Taramasso added: “The conclusion is clear: Jorge, when he left the box for the last run before the crash, the tyre temperature was 1🍌5 degrees less.

“So, 15 degrees is quite a lot.”

But Aprilia’s Rivola has dismissed that claim.

“Regarding the crash, I would like to make it clear that our data in no waಞy confir🔜ms the statements made by Piero Taramasso,” Aprilia said.

“I believe that the riders' safety should be the priority, and I have already suggested him to set a meeting with all the teams in order to deal constructively with what is clearly a critical situation, as evidenced by the number of injuri🍒es.”