Santiago Hernández Vega (born 11 September 1992 in

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) is a Colombian former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and the younger brother of former

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. He has previously raced in the Spanish CEV Moto2 Series and in the Spanish Supersport Championship.

Career

Moto2 World Championship

2010

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MD600 in the Moto2 class, he finished 23rd out of 28 riders, 45 seconds behind winner

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. He was the fourth out of five

mounted riders who finished the race. He was then replaced for the next race by

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2011

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, Hernandez joined the Thai Honda Singha SAG SAG Team and raced a

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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

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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

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

Profile on MotoGP.com
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