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

The MotoGP champion heavily crashed on Wednesday, face-planting onto the asphalt, causing hand and fo🐻ot injuries.

After his surgery, Aprilia have emphati♊cally denied Michelin’s claim about what caused the incident.

Jorge Martin undergoes surgery

M🎀artin’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 fract🦄ure 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 Maꦛlaysia 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 coming days🎉.

Dr Mir said: “The rider Jorge Martín has undergone surgery for a displaced fracture of the head of the right fifth metacarpal, wi𒁃th reduction and percutaneous fixa🎶tion using an intramedullary screw.

“The functional recovery will start in a s🐻hort t🍌ime period, according to the clinical status.”

Aprilia 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 blam𒁃e.

Buꦉt Michelin Motorsport two-wheel manager Piero Taramasso, on Friday morning, expl🌄ained his belief about the cause of the crash.

“At the beginning, Massimo [Rivola] said the tyre temperature was okay, [...] but this was [surface] tyre temperature, which is very var💙iable – 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 temperature; for instance it’s the data coming from the ๊McLaren sensor.”

Taramasso added: “The conclu♎sion is clear: Jorge, when he left the box for the last run before t🍌he crash, the tyre temperature was 15 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 way confirms the state𝐆ments 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 meet𒀰ing with all the teams in order to deal constructively with what is clearly a critical situation, as evidenced by the number of injuries.”