# 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."
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. 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 |
| 2018 | CHL Sport Auto | Citroën C3 R5 | | | | FRA 10 | ARG | POR | ITA | FIN | GER 26 | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS | | | | 28th | 1 |
| 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 |