The present invention relates to a magnetically conductive rotor core (100) of a permanent magnet-excited rotor of a motor having three permanent magnets per pole, of which two permanent magnets are arranged in a V (V) open towards the outer rotor surface (104) (101, 102) and the third permanent magnet (103) is arranged tangentially in the circumferential direction (105) of the rotor core (100). For each pole a set of pockets is provided in the rotor core. Each set of recesses comprises a large recess (111; 122; 131; 142) and at least three small recesses (115,116,117,118,119,120,121; 127,128,129,130; 136,137 , 138, 139, 140, 141; 144) which adjoins the borders of the large recesses in a honeycomb pattern (112,113; 123,124,125; 132,133,134; 143). The radial cross-sectional area of the large recess is at least twice the radial cross-sectional area of each small recess. This results in a weight saving with higher mechanical strength.