Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bernard ya yi yaƙi da dacewa, kuma a lokacin kakar 1993, tsoffin masu tallafawa Elf sun sami damar sanya shi a cikin kujerar direba na gwaji don ƙungiyar Ligier. Yarjejeniyar gwajin shekaru biyu ta biya, yayin da aka daure mai goyon bayan kungiyar saboda zamba kafin kakar 1994, kuma rage kasafin kudin ya ga Bernard ya ci gaba da zama a tseren, tare da rookie Olivier Panis. Abin baƙin ciki ga Bernard, Panis ya fi shi yawa, kuma injin Renault V10 na ƙungiyar ya yi daidai da ƙungiyar ta amfani da sigar "B"-spec na 1993 JS39 chassis - a wannan lokacin al'ada ce da ba ta saba ba a cikin Formula One wanda ya cutar da gasa sosai. Bernard ya dauki matsayi na uku a babban gasar Jamus
, amma ta hanyar Grand Prix na Turai an sauke shi don ya dace da Johnny Herbert. Kungiyar Herbert ta baya, Team Lotus, ta dauke shi aiki don cike kujerar a gasar GP ta Turai, amma zai zama motar F1 ta ƙarshe, tare da Mika Salo ya karɓi ragamar daga baya a kakar. Don 1995, an danganta shi da komawa Larrousse, amma ƙungiyar ta rushe kafin lokacin ya fara.