2009-05-23 19:19:02 -

MONACO (AP) - Formula One's teams met Saturday ahead of more negotiations with motor sport's governing body over a proposed budget cap for 2010.
The Formula One Teams Association met after qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, one day after discussions with FIA president Max Mosley.
The teams said they were united but still had to decide whether to ask to extend the May 29 deadline for teams to enter the 2010 championship.
«That's what we will discuss in the next meeting, what to do then in that situation,» BMW Sauber motor sports director Mario Theissen said after the meeting at Toyota's motor home.
Two entries _ USF1 and Campos Racing _ have already lodged entries for next season. There are 26 grid spots available, enough for 13 teams.
«We welcome any new entries into Formula One,» McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said. «It's a big task to jump into Formula One, either with budget caps or not. We all have a responsibility to find a positive way forward. There's got to be a determination to retain 10 teams at least.
Mosley is pushing through a voluntary ¤45 million ($60 million) cap for next year that has seen Ferrari and four other teams threaten to quit the sport as they believe it will create a two-tier competition due to differing regulations.
Although Whitmarsh said there remained «fundamental differences» between all parties involved _ which also includes F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone _ he believed a «sensible compromise» could be achieved.
«There is a lot pressure on all sides to stay calm going forward,» Whitmarsh said. «There are obvious some differences about how we ensure a sustainable way forward.

The teams are staying quiet on details of Friday's meeting at the Monaco Automobile Club headquarters, saying only that it was a «positive» sit-down.
«But I have to say that we have not arrived at a solution,» Theissen said. «It's been a constructive meeting, (with) constructive decisions but it has to be put down on a piece of paper and then only can you tell what has been achieved.
Theissen insisted the teams were united, even if some have made differing public statements over the issues.
«So far we have managed to come to a joint decision on the issues put forward,» the German said.