a method for the control of a wound rotor synchronous motor comprises measuring a plurality of electromagnetic entities indicative of the operation of the motor , generating voltage on a stator of the motor to obtain a stator current , further generating a further voltage on the rotor to obtain a rotor current , before the generating and the further generating , the entities being processed to calculate references for the stator current and for the rotor current , the references corresponding to the generation by the motor of the maximum torque obtainable per ampere of stator current supplied .