Santiago Hernández Vega (born 11 September 1992 in Medellín) is a Colombian former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and the younger brother of former MotoGP racer Yonny Hernández. He has previously raced in the Spanish CEV Moto2 Series and in the Spanish Supersport Championship.
Career
Moto2 World Championship 2010 Hernández participated in his first Grand Prix race at the age of 18, at the 2010 Aragon Grand Prix. Riding for Matteoni C.P. Racing as a replacement for Lukas Pesek, on a Moriwaki MD600 in the Moto2 class, he finished 23rd out of 28 riders, 45 seconds behind winner Andrea Iannone. He was the fourth out of five Moriwaki mounted riders who finished the race. He was then replaced for the next race by Ferruccio Lamborghini.
2011 In 2011, Hernández joined the Thai Honda Singha SAG SAG Team and raced a FTR Moto M211. He raced 16 out of 17 races, and scored a best of 21st place, thus failing to score points. He was even replaced by Raffaele de Rosa for one race, who also scored a 21st place in his only race with the FTR bike.
For 2012, Hernández was left without a contract and he left the world championships.
Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd Moto2 Moriwaki Matteoni CP Racing 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 FTR SAG Team 64 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC Total 17 0 0 0 0 0
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts 2010 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER CZE INP RSM ARA23 JPN MAL AUS POR VAL NC 0 2011 Moto2 FTR QATRet SPA31 POR24 FRARet CAT21 GBR NEDRet ITA30 GER24 CZE27 INP33 RSM24 ARA26 JPNRet AUS26 MALRet VAL22 NC 0
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