Yoann Bonato

Yoann Bonato (born 13 May 1983) is a French rally driver. He currently competes in the French Rally Championship and the WRC-2, the premier support category of the World Rally Championship, with customer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto. He also works as a development driver for Citroën's in-house customer support team PH Sport. Bonato won the French Rally Championship outright in 2017, 2018 and 2020, earning the title of "Champion of France."

Yoann Bonato
Yoann Bonato at the 2017 Wales Rally GB
Personal information
NationalityFrance French
Born (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France
World Rally Championship record
Active years2006–2007, 2009, 2016–Present
Co-driverFrance Benjamin Boulloud
Rallies30
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points4
First rally2006 Tour de Corse

After winning the French Rally Championship in 2017, PH Sport hired Bonato to be part of a team of drivers that would help Citroën develop a new R5 variant of their WRC car, the Citroën C3.[1] Bonato gave the car its first full rally-spec test at the closing event of the French Championship Rallye du Var, as a Course Car. He, along with factory Citroën driver Stéphane Lefebvre, would give the C3 its competitive debut at the Tour de Corse the following year.

His co-driver since the beginning of his career is Benjamin Boulloud.

Rally results

Complete WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2006 Yoann Bonato Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA
32		 ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0
2007 PH Sport Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN
33		 GER
30		 NZL ESP
32		 FRA
19		 JPN IRE GBR NC 0
2009 Yoann Bonato Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE
20		 NOR CYP POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
19		 GRE POL
16		 FIN
Ret		 AUS ESP GBR NC 0
2016 CHL Sport Auto Citroën DS3 R5 MON
15		 SWE MEX ARG POR
16		 ITA POL
Ret		 FIN
18		 GER
30		 CHN
C		 FRA
13		 ESP GBR AUS NC 0
2017 CHL Sport Auto Citroën DS3 R5 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX FRA
Ret		 ARG POR
37		 ITA POL
18		 FIN GER
27		 ESP
26		 GBR
26		 AUS NC 0
2018 Yoann Bonato Peugeot 208 R2 MON
15		 SWE MEX 28th 1
CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 FRA
10		 ARG POR ITA FIN GER
26		 TUR GBR ESP AUS
2019 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
8		 SWE MEX FRA
49		 ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C		 20th 4
2020 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
12		 SWE MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ NC 0
2021 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
13		 ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ NC 0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 Results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2016 CHL Sport Auto Citroën DS3 R5 MON
5		 SWE MEX ARG POR
7		 ITA POL
Ret		 FIN
9		 GER
12		 CHN
C		 FRA
3		 ESP GBR AUS 12th 33
2017 CHL Sport Auto Citroën DS3 R5 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX FRA
Ret		 ARG POR
15		 ITA POL
5		 FIN GER
13		 ESP
10		 GBR
11		 AUS 28th 11
2018 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA
2		 ARG POR ITA FIN GER
11		 TUR GBR ESP AUS 21st 18
2019 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
1		 SWE MEX FRA
12		 ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C		 19th 25

WRC-3 results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2020 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
3		 SWE MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ 12th 15
2021 CHL Sport Auto Citroën C3 R5 MON
2		 ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 16th 22

* Season still in progress.

JWRC Results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
2006 Yoann Bonato Renault Clio S1600 SWE ESP FRA
8		 ARG ITA GER FIN TUR GBR 24th 1
2007 PH Sport Citroën C2 R2 NOR POR ITA FIN
8		 GER
7		 ESP
8		 FRA
3		 9th 10
2009 Yoann Bonato Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE
4		 CYP POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
4		 POL
3		 FIN
Ret		 ESP 7th 16

References
  1. "Rallye du Var : Yoann Bonato lance la C3 R5".
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