Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sakamakon a cikin yanayi biyu masu zuwa ba su da kyau sosai, lokacin da ya koma Ingila, sake yin tsere don Williams (11 da maki 5, bi da bi). Yanzu a cikin shekarunsa arba'in, Laffite ya koma Ligier a 1985: a wannan kakar ya kasance a kan podium sau uku (Great Britain,
Jamus da Ostiraliya), don jimlar maki 16. A shekarar 1986 ya ci maki 14 ciki har da karin podium guda biyu a farkon rabin kakar, amma ya karya kafafu biyu a cikin hadari a farkon Grand Prix na Burtaniya a Brands Hatch, kuma daga baya ya yi ritaya daga Formula One. An dakatar da tseren kuma an sake farawa ba tare da Laffite ba, wanda aka sanya shi a matsayin wanda ba shi da farawa kuma ya ƙare aikinsa tare da Graham Hill don yawancin Grand Prix ya fara. Ya kasance mafi nasara direba a cikin Ligier ta tarihi, ya dauki shida daga cikin tara wins.