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 at the 2017 Wales Rally GB | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France | 13 May 1983
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2006–2007, 2009, 2016–Present |
Co-driver | ![]() |
Rallies | 30 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 4 |
First rally | 2006 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 |
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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 |
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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 |