A lubricant supported electric motor comprising: a stator presenting a stator raceway; a rotor extending along an axis and rotatable relative to said stator and presenting a rotor raceway disposed in spaced relationship with said stator raceway to define a gap therebetween; a lubricant disposed in said gap for supporting said rotor within said stator; said rotor including a plurality of rotor poles (34',34") arranged adjacent said rotor raceway in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another wherein said plurality of rotor poles (34',34") includes at least one set of diametrically opposed rotor north poles and at least one set of diametrically opposed rotor south poles (34") disposed in circumferentially staggered relationship to one another; said stator including a plurality of stator poles extending radially towards said rotor in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another along said stator raceway wherein said plurality of stator poles includes at least one pair of diametrically opposed stator poles; and a plurality of stator coil windings each individually, separately and distinctly wrapped around a respective one of said plurality of stator poles and said plurality of stator coil windings individually controllable for generating a magnetic force to center said rotor relative to said stator wherein said stator coil windings wrapped around each of said diametrically opposed stator poles are configured to generate a repelling magnetic force in response to at least one of said sets of diametrically opposed rotor north or south poles (34',34") being disposed adjacent and radially aligned with said at least one pair of diametrically opposed stator poles; a plurality of power transistors each individually disposed in electrical communication with a respective one of said plurality of stator coil windings and configured to individually drive current through said at least one set of diametrically opposed stator poles for alternating said at least one set of diametrically opposed stator poles between a north stator pole and a south stator pole arrangement; and a controller electrically connected to each power transistor and configured to manage individualized control of the power transistors to individually control stator coil windings disposed on diametrically opposed stator poles based on a position of the north rotor poles or the south rotor poles (34") relative to these diametrically opposed stator poles to generate magnetic forces to repel the rotor on diametrically opposite sides, wherein the resulting magnetic repulsion is nearly equal on opposite sides of the rotor which creates a net centering effect of the rotor within the stator during "un-park" initialization, transient operating conditions and resonant critical speeds. a stator presenting a stator raceway; a rotor extending along an axis and rotatable relative to said stator and presenting a rotor raceway disposed in spaced relationship with said stator raceway to define a gap therebetween; a lubricant disposed in said gap for supporting said rotor within said stator; said rotor including a plurality of rotor poles (34',34") arranged adjacent said rotor raceway in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another wherein said plurality of rotor poles (34',34") includes at least one set of diametrically opposed rotor north poles and at least one set of diametrically opposed rotor south poles (34") disposed in circumferentially staggered relationship to one another; said stator including a plurality of stator poles extending radially towards said rotor in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another along said stator raceway wherein said plurality of stator poles includes at least one pair of diametrically opposed stator poles; and a plurality of stator coil windings each individually, separately and distinctly wrapped around a respective one of said plurality of stator poles and said plurality of stator coil windings individually controllable for generating a magnetic force to center said rotor relative to said stator wherein said stator coil windings wrapped around each of said diametrically opposed stator poles are configured to generate a repelling magnetic force in response to at least one of said sets of diametrically opposed rotor north or south poles (34',34") being disposed adjacent and radially aligned with said at least one pair of diametrically opposed stator poles; a plurality of power transistors each individually disposed in electrical communication with a respective one of said plurality of stator coil windings and configured to individually drive current through said at least one set of diametrically opposed stator poles for alternating said at least one set of diametrically opposed stator poles between a north stator pole and a south stator pole arrangement; and a controller electrically connected to each power transistor and configured to manage individualized control of the power transistors to individually control stator coil windings disposed on diametrically opposed stator poles based on a position of the north rotor poles or the south rotor poles (34") relative to these diametrically opposed stator poles to generate magnetic forces to repel the rotor on diametrically opposite sides, wherein the resulting magnetic repulsion is nearly equal on opposite sides of the rotor which creates a net centering effect of the rotor within the stator during "un-park" initialization, transient operating conditions and resonant critical speeds.