After setting the fastest ever Superbike lap around the Sepang circuit in Superpole, Kawasaki Racing Team rider Tom Sykes led a Kawasaki Racing Team 1-2 in race 1 of the sixth round of the 2016 World Superbike Championship. Teammate and reigning Champion Jonathan Rea had to be content with second, ahead of Aruba.it Racing’s Chaz Davies on his Ducati.