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Biography
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.
Moto2 career
2010
He raced his first grand prix race in the Moto2 class, at the 2010 Aragon grand prix, aged only 18 in a Moriwaki MD600, woth the Matteoni C.P. Racing as a replacement for Lukas Pesek. He finished 23rd out of 28 riders, finishing 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 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 he was left without a contract and he left the world championships.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Moto2 | Moriwaki | Matteoni CP Racing | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2011 | Moto2 | FTR | SAG Team | 64 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Moto2 | Moriwaki | QAT | SPA | FRA | ITA | GBR | NED | CAT | GER | CZE | IND | RSM | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | POR | VAL | NC | 0 |
| 2011 | Moto2 | FTR | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | CZE | IND | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 |