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
He 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
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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, Hernandez joined the Thai Honda Singha SAG
SAG Team and raced a
FTR Moto
FTR Moto Ltd was a British motorcycle parts and frame manufacturer. The name was an acronym for ''Fabrication Techniques Racing Motorcycles''.
History
The company was founded in 1994 as ''Fabrication Techniques'' by Steve Bones and in 1995 ...
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
Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016.
Career
125cc World Championship ...
for one race, who also scored a 21st place in his only race with the FTR bike.
For 2012 he was left without a contract and he left the world championships.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Profile on MotoGP.com
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Living people
1992 births
Colombian motorcycle racers
Moto2 World Championship riders