As I said, race invitations are a combination of many factors. There are only 12 positions available and we assign grid slots 1-8 to the fastest drivers. To guarantee placement in the race, you must get into the top 8. To improve your chances of being selected for positions 9-12, you need to participate in V1 during the week as well.
FTR, bavorak, you have actually done ~1/10th as many laps in V1 servers as zsmy. 249 laps, not 1150. Unless you have a 2nd username? We are only collecting statistics on V1 servers, not on LFSW. We do make this very clear. The statistics we are collecting are more granular/detailed than LFSW provides.
@jwardy, your time was 15th. You have 797 laps in V1. You very nearly made it in this race, but you were pipped by Casino who had a slightly better time and just over 2000 laps in V1. If you have another week next week like you did this last Friday and Saturday, I think your chances of making the race next week with a similar quali time will be very strong.
Having given all this detail, I must make the point that the statistics we are collecting are the basis upon which we make race qualification decisions. If someone is not invited to race, despite a decent lap time in qualifying, there IS a reason. Even if it's not immediately apparent, the decisions we make are qualified, they're discussed among the V1 admins in detail, and we believe they are the right decisions. That is our shout, at the end of the day, not anyone else's.
No matter whether someone is invited to race at the weekend or not, ALL statistics collected on V1 servers - weekend, weekday, qualification and race - are collected and will be used for final decisions by V1 admins and the individual racing series (Racing Steps Foundation, Fortec, and several famous sporting names as well). Nobody at any point will miss out on the end-goal of V1, to get a real-world drive next year.