Passed on my third try. I firmly believe I would've passed the first time but my examiner grabbed the wheel and I just gave up after that. After the test, she told me I actually did NOT get a serious fault from that (I kid you not, her exact words were 'I may have overreacted') but from a silly mistake I made while changing lanes after I had given up all hope on passing. On my second test, I was just not in the zone at all, I was in a bad place mentally and did not feel ready. Less than a month later, I did my third test and I felt much more positive and confident.. Also did it on a saturday morning! Which made a lot of a difference since I was doing the test in London! So I guess all I can say, is DO NOT give up and if you don't feel up to the test, either try to change your mentality or reschedule it.
My first test I got 4 minors and a serious, second I had 6? minors and a serious and my third i had 3