Kocinski has also overtaken Duhamel for sixth, but the cameras did not pick up on it. Lap five and no overtakes took place at the front. Lawson once again tried to pass at some sections but Schwantz stayed ahead. The top six did not change either. On lap six, Lawson is still trying to find a way past Schwantz. He closes up at the Veenslang but just misses the power to get past. He tries once more at the entrance of the Geert Timmer Bocht via the outside, with Schwantz covering his line. Then, on lap seven, Lawson finally makes the move. He tried to pass Schwantz on the straight but couldn't clear the Suzuki, so Lawson stayed on the inside and attempted a block pass going into the Haarbocht. However, Schwantz was committed on a wide line and refused to back down. Schwantz came across the front of Lawson and Lawson touched Schwantz' rear tyre, just enough to make it hop and bring the Suzuki down. Schwantz' bike fell in front of Lawson and he couldn't avoid hitting it, making them both crash out of the race as a result. The pair rolled onto the grass at a high speed, with Schwantz coming to a standstill when he heavily hit a stack of reinforced bales and Lawson when he tumbled hard into a ditch. Lawson was able to walk away unhurt, but Schwantz had to be carried off with a broken arm via a stretcher by the trackside medical personnel, bein in visible pain as they do so. This now meant that the other Cagiva of barros was leading the race. Lap eight and Garriga and Crivillé are slowly reeling in a fading Barros. Kocinski meanwhile still is stuck in a fourth place. Randy Mamola is a very distant fifth, as is Duhamel in sixth. During the entirety of lap nine, Garriga and Crivillé closed in on Barros. Crivillé tried to overtake Garriga at the Bult, but decided to stay behind Garriga and follow him for now. By lap ten, Garriga and Crivillé have now fully caught the leader. It seemed like he was pulling away again when the trio entered the banked Strubben corner, but Garriga made his move at the Ruskenhoek, going into the Stekkenwal. However, he failed to pull it off, losing momentum as he went into the corner.