BMW Takes the Lead at Le Mans After Cadillac Penalty

Here's what you missed overnight at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans has seen a significant shift in the battle for the win, courtesy of a penalty against the No. 12 Jota Cadillac V-Series.R.

With the No. 12 having led much of the overnight stretch and holding a gap of nearly a minute on the field, the penalty has moved it behind the leading BMW and Toyota, despite the three cars being slightly off-cycle of one another on tires.

The No. 20 BMW currently leads the group, in part due to a long stop with extra time to repair something on one of the front corners of the No. 7.

Duqueine Team's Doriane Pin remains in control in LMP2, the position that No. 30 team has held throughout the vast majority of the race.

In GT3, TF Sport's No. 33 Corvette Z06.R is up handily with a gap of almost two pit stops worth of time over the No. 79 Lexus RC-F GT3 and No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 fighting for second.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is heating up - with six hours remaining, Toyota is fighting for its first Le Mans win with factory competition, while BMW is angling for its first win since the 90s and Cadillac is hoping to become the first American manufacturer of any sort to win the race overall in 57 years.