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# Drivers and teams

This section covers how to retrieve driver and team data, enrich it with season-specific details, and use it to build driver profiles, constructor pages, and team rosters.

### In this section

* **Drivers** - How to list all drivers, retrieve a driver by ID, enrich with country and team data, and access driver metadata (debut season, short name, etc.).
* **Teams** - How to retrieve constructor teams, access season-specific team details (chassis, engine, team colour), and get the full driver roster for a team.

### Drivers and teams in session context

Driver and team data appears in two contexts in the API: standalone (via the Drivers and Teams endpoints) and in-session (via the `lineups` include on a fixture).

For building a driver profile page, use the Drivers endpoint directly:

```http
https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport/drivers/DRIVER_ID
?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN
&include=metadata
```

For displaying the driver lineup during or after a session, use the `lineups` include on the fixture and enrich it with driver data:

```http
https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport/fixtures/FIXTURE_ID
?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN
&include=lineups.driver
```

Season-specific team details (chassis name, engine, team colour) are available via the `seasonDetails` include on a team. These change year to year and are separate from the base team entity.

### Related

* [Endpoints](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport-api/endpoints-and-entities/endpoints)
* [Entities - Driver](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport-api/endpoints-and-entities/entities)
* [Entities - Team](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport-api/endpoints-and-entities/entities)
* [Enrich your response](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport-api/tutorials-and-guides/tutorials/enrich-your-response)
* [Metadata and Per-Season Data Type Reference](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v3/motorsport-api/welcome/metadata-and-per-season-data-type-reference)


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