Having worked remotely in recent events, Mayer will make her first appearance will the team at Hidden Valley for Round 4.
The decorated engineer joined the team having messaged Radburn following the reveal of the squad, eager to help push the team forward.
“I messaged Imogen to offer my assistance because it’s not only driver who is female, it’s the whole racing team,” said Mayer.
“It’s quite impressive to put together nowadays and it’s not just the idea of finding females to be part of it, but getting the best females to perform on the event itself.
“I’m super excited to be able to join and hopefully help out to get a good result.
“I think by bringing some race engineering experience within the team will build and grow around Imogen. I will be able to help her driving and coach her on-track, which will be a benefit to Imogen as well as her team.”
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Radburn made the switch from an open wheel pathway into tin tops this year, a transition which has had its hurdles.
She sits sixth in the standings after three rounds with a solid run of top 10 results in recent races.
Radburn is still yet to break into the top five, with a best finish of sixth achieved three times.
“For Romy to call me up and I ask if she could come to Darwin was a dream come true for not only myself, but the team as well,” said Radburn.
“We’ve had Romy on the phone for the last few rounds and to have her on the ground will be awesome.
Romy’s not just an engineer, she’s a driver coach, the works and it will be invaluable to have someone of her experience part of the team.
“I’ve learnt a lot so far from a driving side and also away from the track through running my own team with how that works.
“I think this has been the best thing we’ve done and it’s about finishing the races.
“We’re getting closer and closer to the frontrunners through our improvements at each round.”
Mayer brings a wealth of experience in touring car and GT racing.
Having been a part of Mercedes-AMG’s DTM program, Mayer also worked as the data and performance engineer for Jamie Whincup’s record-setting seventh Supercars championship in 2017.
Mayer moved into Triple Eight’s GT World Challenge Australia programme in 2019, spearheading the operation before a shift back into Supercars with PremiAir in 2023.
As James Golding’s race engineer, Mayer oversaw the team’s first pole position at Hidden Valley, and first podium at Sandown.
Mustang Cup Australia continues its inaugural season on July 24-26 at Hidden Valley Raceway.
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