There are four Driver rarities in the game, Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary. 

There will be a version of each driver for each Common, Rare and Epic rarity and these assets unlock at different Series.
 
Legendary Drivers will only have the Legendary rarity. Legendary Drivers are unlocked in Collection Milestones.

Equipping two identical Drivers with different rarities to the player’s team is not permitted. 

The assets of identical Drivers with different rarities are not added together.

Drivers can be sorted based on the following criteria:
Unlock order
Level
Rarity