Who ever wins Sunday's French Grand Prix, will also go down as the final winner at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

The first race held in 1991 on the 17-turn, nondescript circuit was won by Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Renualt. Joining Mansell on the podium that day was Alain Prost (Ferrari) and Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda). History would record an impressive eight World Championships and 123 race wins between those three greats.

In case you were wondering, the Michael Schumacher era was at this point three races from commencing at the now famous 1991 Belgium GP. The German would go on to win seven World Championships and 91 wins of his own. Eight of those victories would come at Magny-Cours, which is a record of most wins by a driver at the same track.

Will anyone miss this track? I seriously doubt it. Magny-Cours was best known for it's billiard-top smooth surface and not it's racing. Not much can be said for it's atmosphere either. Fact is, it really doesn't have any aesthetic value at all being located in the middle of farm country.

I for one will not miss this track. While I have seen some memorable moments, such as David Couthard flipping Michael Schumacher 'the bird' as he passed him for the lead on the outside of the Adelaide hairpin in 2000. In hindsight, perhaps one of DC's best ever races.

It will be interesting to look back in 15 years and the podium of Sundays race and see how it compares to the inaugural running. The crop of young talent in this last running of the French GP at Magny-Cours have the potential of matching Mansell, Prost and Senna, the Mount Rushmore of F1 in the 80-90's.