Ousted by Karel Abraham from the Aspar MotoGP team, Colombian driver Yonny Hernandez has joined Karlos Argiñano's team for 2017. The Argiñano & Ginés (AGR) team is therefore starting to take shape for 2017 with this first agreement, while awaiting the appointment of the second driver.
Yonny Hernández (25/7/1988, Medellín) has been racing in MotoGP™ since 2012 after making his Grand Prix debut in 2010 and 2011, in Moto2. During his two seasons in the intermediate category #68, the Colombian rider had obtained several sixth places as his best results while a seventh place crowned his career in MotoGP (Sepang 2014).
The AGR team uses Kalex chassis.
Yonny hernandez : “I am very grateful and excited to be part of this team and this new project. I hope I can fight up front. It’s a new challenge for me, I hope everything goes well and we can do a good job together.”
Iker Burutxaga, Team Director: “We are very happy to welcome him next year. We are sure that we have a chance of being in front with Yonny. We will work hard to help him adapt as quickly as possible. We are very pleased with this first step regarding the AGR project for 2017, and we will confirm the next steps in the coming weeks.”
