“The car’s name better be Nimbus 2001”: Fans poke fun as Tom Felton announces his new career as a race car driver

Looks like our favorite anti-hero blond dude from Slytherin, Tom Felton has a new career and no, he's not a professor at Hogwarts or working at the Ministry of Magic—he's a race car driver for Envision Racing! (via X/@Envision_Racing)

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Netizens React Hilariously with Tom Felton's New Role

Tom Felton's race car driving career made Harry Potter fans in stitches, saying that his car should be named Nimbus 2001, named after Draco Malfoy's (Tom Felton's character in Harry Potter) broomstick in the books and film franchise. (via X/@pratishthassbs)

Others poked fun at Tom Felton's character in Harry Potter, asking if his father, Lucius Malfoy, knew about his new career.

"Does his father hear about this?" - one Harry Potter fan joked (via X/@antoniomagheret)

Some X users also joked that if Tom Felton had a mishap while racing, he would go on full Draco Malfoy mode and would tell his father about what happened to him in the tracks.

"Draco after a small mishap: my father will hear about this." - another Harry Potter fan replied (via X/@__K3ndi)

People also trolled the post, saying that if Tom Felton loses at his race, he will always blame Harry Potter! (via X/@evilfikri)

Draco Malfoy fans also roasted Envision Racing's announcement, saying that car racing is a muggle activity and it's unfit for a pure-blooded wizard like him!

"Oh Draco, does your father know you will be in a muggle machinery?" - a Draco Malfoy fan asked (via X/@maokay)

Fans are also surprised about "Draco Malfoy's" career trajectory, and they are confused because of broomsticks, he's driving a car.

"DRACO MALFOY IS BECOMING A FORMULA E DRIVER?????????????????" - one fan exclaimed (via X/@sinnerenjoyer)

And some fans joked that Tom Felton grew tired of Quidditch, that's why he's doing muggle sports, like car racing.

"Quidditch not for him, better suit for muggle sports now aye Draco" - another fan remarked (via X/@snflwr07)

And fans noticed that Tom Felton became part of a team that has a green color in it, so much for Slytherin's loyalty!

"Of course they paired him with a green team lol." - a fan pointed out (via X/@lollikpop0)

"He can't stay away from the Slytherin colours!" - another fan added (via X/@piastrioscah)

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Tom Felton's Other Side Projects

Aside from Tom Felton joining Envision Racing to be a Formula E driver, Tom Felton also released 8 EPs from 2008-2024, with his latest EPs titled, "ReD", "ORaNgE", and "YelLoW" that were released just last year.

Race car driving and music projects aside, Tom Felton also starred in the West End play, "2:22 A Ghost Story", playing as Sam, the husband of the protagonist, Jenny who is haunted by ghosts in their house every 2:22 AM.

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We're proud that after Harry Potter, almost all of the cast are now doing things that they loved. We're also happy that Tom Felton is finally branching out outside acting by being a theater actor, a singer, and a race car driver! Kudos to Tom Felton for making our childhood fun and full of stories, now, it's time for him to write his own stories through sports and different forms of art!