Original sentence: With a permanent seating capacity of over 257,000 people  and infield seating that raises capacity still further to an approximate 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in history  (by comparison, the world's largest soccer stadium seats 150,000 spectators)
Edited sentence: With a permanent seating capacity of over 257,000 people  and infield seating that raises capacity still further to an approximate 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in human history  (by comparison, the world's largest soccer stadium seats 150,000 spectators), and universally recognized as among the most famous and prestigious in motorsports history