J🅺orge 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 Wednesday, face-planting onto the asphalt,ও causi༒ng hand and foot injuries.

After his surgery, 🐽Aprilia hav𓂃e 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 ༺and 5th metatarsals of the left foot.

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

Martin’s injury to his foot did not require surgery, 🃏and his recovery time will be assessed in the comin𓄧g days.

Dr Mir said: “The rider J🍌orge Martín has undergone surgery for a displaced fracture of the head of the right fifth metacarpal, with reduction and percutaneous fixation using an intramedullary screw.

“The functional recovery will start in a short time pe🌱riod, according to the ไclinical status.”

Apriꦺlia CEO Massimo Rivola said: “I'm 🌸glad that Jorge's operation went well 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 comment 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 the crash.

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

“The rear temperature, the [value] we use to understand if the tyr♔e works or not, is the inner layer temperature; 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 15 degrees less.

“So, 15 degrees is quite a lot.”

But Aprilia’s Rivola has dismissed that claim.

“Regarding theꦜ crash, I would like to make it clear that our data in n✅o way confirms 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 injuries.”