Yoann Bonato (born 13 May 1983) is a French rally driver. He currently competes in the

French Rally Championship The FFSA French Rally Championship or Championnat de France des Rallyes is France's leading domestic motor rally competition. It's a championship that has been won three times by Didier Auriol, Guy Fréquelin, Patrick Bernadini and Philippe Bug ...

and the

WRC-2 The FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main class and crews usually compete immediately ...

, the premier support category of the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

, with customer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto. He also works as a development driver for Citroën's in-house customer support team

PH Sport PH Sport is a motorsport services company based in Langres, France, established in 1990. The company has a history of entering national and international rallies and championships such as the World Rally Championship, often in close cooperation ...

. 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,

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 The Citroën C3 is a supermini car (B-segment) produced by Citroën since April 2002. It replaced the Citroën Saxo in the model line up, and is currently in its third generation. The third generation model made its appearance in June 2016, and ...

. Bonato gave the car its first full rally-spec test at the closing event of the French Championship

Rallye du Var The Rallye du Var is a motor rally held in the month of November in the French commune of Sainte-Maxime in Var. It is often held as the final round of the French Rally Championship. It began in 1950. Famous participants include WRC champion, Sé ...

, as a Course Car. He, along with factory Citroën driver

Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Lefebvre (born 16 March 1992) is a rally driver from France. He won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship in the season, and scored his first points at the 2015 Rallye Deutschland, his first time driving a ...

, would give the C3 its competitive debut at the

Tour de Corse The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, an ...

the following year. His co-driver since the beginning of his career is

Benjamin Boulloud Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

Rally results

Complete WRC results

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 Results

WRC-3 results

* Season still in progress.

JWRC Results

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonato, Yoann Living people World Rally Championship drivers French racing drivers French rally drivers 1983 births People from Saint-Martin-d'Hères Sportspeople from Isère European Rally Championship drivers