Mapfre Aspar Moto2 star Julian Simon will miss th♔is weekend's Japanese Grand Prix after a follow-up operation on the r𒁃ight leg he broke at Catalunya.

ꦗThe Spaniard, runner-up in last year's Championship, underwent surgery to 'remove plates and screws which had completed their tasks of fixing fragments of broken bone' while a new titanium mini-plate was inserted to help one of the fragments which had not yet fully heale🧸d.

"The operation went well and the recovery process looks very positive," said Simon. "I had some screws removed and consequently found that I still had a slight fracture. W🐈ith that solved, now I'll comply strictly to what is prescribed to try to recover as soon as possible."

Simon ha🦂s finished a best of seventh in the four races since hisಞ return.

Countryman Jordi To൲rres will be the onl✃y Aspar Moto2 rider at Motegi and says he isn't one of those worried about radiation.

"I am really looking forward to travelling to Japan because I have never been there before and I expect 𓄧it will all be very exciting," he said. "Personally I am not worries about the radiation issue and I am sure that if they say it is safe to go then it is safe."