Yoann Bonato
French rally driver (born 1983)
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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."
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France
Yoann Bonato at the 2017 Wales Rally GB | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | 13 May 1983 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2006–2007, 2009, 2016–2021 |
| Co-driver | |
| Rallies | 30 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 4 |
| First rally | 2006 Tour de Corse |
| Last rally | 2021 Monte Carlo Rally |
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.
Bonato's co-driver since the beginning of his career is Benjamin Boulloud.
Rally results
Complete WRC results
* 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
* Season still in progress.